119th Congress · PN12-28 · Department of Health and Human Services
Martin Makary
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 56–44 (roll call vote 143) · March 25, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- HearingMarch 6, 2025
- Committee voteMarch 13, 2025
- On the Senate calendarMarch 13, 2025
- Senate voteMarch 25, 2025
- ConfirmedMarch 25, 2025
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Description on the record: Martin Makary, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services, vice Robert McKinnon Califf, resigned.
Source: Congress.gov PN12-28, record updated May 21, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN12-28 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/12-28?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 44. Record Vote Number: 143.” (March 25, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- May 21, 2026
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- Raw copy kept
- nominations-119-2026-10-16-06a5bfe9.jsonl.gz
06a5bfe9db28821cbcaac113aad54acd64a88e02e3f27dd489d814a6a343cc07
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 25, 2025
Yea 56Nay 44Not voting 0
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 3 | 42 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 53 | 0 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (56)
Nay (44)
Source: Senate roll call vote 142, March 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN12-28
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 142, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_142- 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 25, 2025
Yea 56Nay 44Not voting 0
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 3 | 42 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 53 | 0 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (56)
Nay (44)
Source: Senate roll call vote 143, March 25, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN12-28
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 143, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_143- 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: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) March 6, 2025: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Markup By March 13, 2025: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Reported By March 13, 2025: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-28.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 45. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Cassidy, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, without printed report.
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 44. Record Vote Number: 143.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 44. Record Vote Number: 142.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
Same rule for every member. Both parties are always shown, and every number links to the bill or member behind it. How we calculate →