119th Congress · PN12-35 · Department of Justice
Kashyap Patel
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 51–49 (roll call vote 61) · February 20, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- HearingJanuary 30, 2025
- Committee voteFebruary 13, 2025
- On the Senate calendarFebruary 13, 2025
- Senate voteFebruary 18, 2025
- ConfirmedFebruary 20, 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: Kashyap Patel, of Nevada, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a term of ten years, vice Christopher A. Wray, resigned.
Source: Congress.gov PN12-35, record updated January 29, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN12-35 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/12-35?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 49. Record Vote Number: 61.” (February 20, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- January 29, 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.
Confirmation vote · February 18, 2025
Yea 48Nay 45Not voting 7
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 48 | 0 | 5 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (48)
Nay (45)
Not Voting (7)
Source: Senate roll call vote 56, February 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Motion to Proceed PN12-35
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 56, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_56- 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.
Cloture vote (a vote to end debate) · February 20, 2025
Yea 51Nay 47Not voting 2
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 1 | 1 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (47)
Not Voting (2)
Source: Senate roll call vote 60, February 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN12-35
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 60, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_60- 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 · February 20, 2025
Yea 51Nay 49Not voting 0
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 2 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (49)
Source: Senate roll call vote 61, February 20, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN12-35
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 61, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_61- 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: Judiciary Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) January 30, 2025: Judiciary Committee
- Markup By February 13, 2025: Judiciary Committee
- Reported By February 13, 2025: Judiciary Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-134.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 23.
- Reported by Senator Grassley, Committee on the Judiciary, without printed report.
- Committee on the Judiciary. 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 Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 45. Record Vote Number: 56.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 49. Record Vote Number: 61.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 60.
- 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 →