119th Congress · PN12-31 · Department of Defense
Emil Michael
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 54–43 (roll call vote 254) · May 14, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- HearingMarch 27, 2025
- Committee voteApril 8, 2025
- On the Senate calendarApril 8, 2025
- Senate voteMay 14, 2025
- ConfirmedMay 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: Emil Michael, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, vice Heidi Shyu, resigned.
Source: Congress.gov PN12-31, record updated May 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN12-31 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/12-31?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 43. Record Vote Number: 254.” (May 14, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- May 8, 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) · May 14, 2025
Yea 53Nay 43Not voting 4
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 2 | 42 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican | 50 | 0 | 3 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (53)
Nay (43)
Not Voting (4)
Source: Senate roll call vote 253, May 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN12-31
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 253, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_253- 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 · May 14, 2025
Yea 54Nay 43Not voting 3
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 2 | 42 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 0 | 2 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (54)
Nay (43)
Not Voting (3)
Source: Senate roll call vote 254, May 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN12-31
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 254, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_254- 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) March 27, 2025: Armed Services Committee
- Markup By April 8, 2025: Armed Services Committee
- Reported By April 8, 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. 119-321.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 72. 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.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 43. Record Vote Number: 254.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 43. Record Vote Number: 253.
- 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 →