119th Congress · PN12-33 · Department of Health and Human Services
James O'Neill
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 52–43 (roll call vote 293) · June 5, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- HearingMay 6, 2025
- Committee voteMay 15, 2025
- On the Senate calendarMay 15, 2025
- Senate voteJune 4, 2025
- ConfirmedJune 5, 2025
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Description on the record: James O'Neill, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services, vice Andrea Joan Palm, resigned.
Source: Congress.gov PN12-33, record updated August 29, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN12-33 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/12-33?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 43. Record Vote Number: 293.” (June 5, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- August 29, 2026
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- Raw copy kept
- nominations-119-2026-10-16.jsonl.gz
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) · June 4, 2025
Yea 51Nay 46Not voting 3
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 0 | 2 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (46)
Not Voting (3)
Source: Senate roll call vote 290, June 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN12-33
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 290, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_290- 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 · June 5, 2025
Yea 52Nay 43Not voting 5
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 41 | 4 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 52 | 0 | 1 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (52)
Nay (43)
Not Voting (5)
Source: Senate roll call vote 293, June 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN12-33
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 293, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_293- 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: Finance Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) May 6, 2025: Finance Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) May 8, 2025: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Markup By May 15, 2025: Finance Committee
- Reported By May 15, 2025: Finance Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Committee on Finance. Hearings held.
- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-89.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 144. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Crapo, Committee on Finance, without printed report.
- Committee on Finance. 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, vote 6/4/2025.
- By unanimous consent agreement, debate and vote 6/5/2025.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 46. Record Vote Number: 290.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 43. Record Vote Number: 293.
- 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 →