119th Congress · PN12-16 · Department of Defense
Stephen Feinberg
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 59–40 (roll call vote 126) · March 14, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- HearingFebruary 25, 2025
- Committee voteMarch 11, 2025
- On the Senate calendarMarch 11, 2025
- Senate voteMarch 14, 2025
- ConfirmedMarch 14, 2025
A step is marked when Congress.gov’s record shows it. Not every nomination goes through every step (for example, some are confirmed by voice vote or unanimous consent without a roll call).
Description on the record: Stephen Feinberg, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, vice Kathleen Holland Hicks, resigned.
Source: Congress.gov PN12-16, record updated May 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN12-16 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/12-16?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 40. Record Vote Number: 126.” (March 14, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- May 1, 2026
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- Raw copy kept
- nominations-119-2026-10-16-06a5bfe9.jsonl.gz
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Senate votes
Roll calls recorded on this nomination. Both parties are shown the same way, and nothing here is a score.
Cloture vote (a vote to end debate) · March 14, 2025
Yea 56Nay 39Not voting 5
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 6 | 37 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 50 | 0 | 3 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (56)
Nay (39)
Not Voting (5)
Source: Senate roll call vote 125, March 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN12-16
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 125, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_125- Why this vote is linked here
- The Senate vote record names this nomination number, or Congress.gov lists this roll call number in the nomination’s action line.
Confirmation vote · March 14, 2025
Yea 59Nay 40Not voting 1
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 6 | 38 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 53 | 0 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (59)
Nay (40)
Not Voting (1)
Source: Senate roll call vote 126, March 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN12-16
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 126, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_126- Why this vote is linked here
- The Senate vote record names this nomination number, or Congress.gov lists this roll call number in the nomination’s action line.
Committee steps
- Referred To January 20, 2025: Armed Services Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) February 25, 2025: Armed Services Committee
- Markup By March 11, 2025: Armed Services Committee
- Reported By March 11, 2025: Armed Services Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-295.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 35. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Wicker, Committee on Armed Services, without printed report.
- Committee on Armed Services. Ordered to be reported favorably.
- Cloture motion presented in Senate.
- Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- By unanimous consent agreement, debate and vote 3/14/2025.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 59 - 40. Record Vote Number: 126.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 39. Record Vote Number: 125.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
- Considered by Senate.
Same rule for every member. Both parties are always shown, and every number links to the bill or member behind it. How we calculate →