119th Congress · PN12-37 · Department of Justice
Aaron Reitz
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 52–46 (roll call vote 147) · March 26, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- HearingFebruary 26, 2025
- Committee voteMarch 13, 2025
- On the Senate calendarMarch 13, 2025
- Senate voteMarch 26, 2025
- ConfirmedMarch 26, 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: Aaron Reitz, of Texas, to be an Assistant Attorney General vice Hampton Y. Dellinger.
Source: Congress.gov PN12-37, record updated October 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN12-37 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/12-37?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 46. Record Vote Number: 147.” (March 26, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 24, 2026
- Raw copy kept
- nominations-119-2026-10-24.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 26, 2025
Yea 53Nay 45Not voting 2
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 53 | 0 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (53)
Nay (45)
Not Voting (2)
Source: Senate roll call vote 146, March 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN12-37
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 146, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_146- 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 26, 2025
Yea 52Nay 46Not voting 2
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 44 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 52 | 0 | 1 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (52)
Nay (46)
Not Voting (2)
Source: Senate roll call vote 147, March 26, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN12-37
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 147, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_147- 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) February 26, 2025: Judiciary Committee
- Markup By March 13, 2025: Judiciary Committee
- Reported By March 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. 119-138.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 48.
- 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 Voice Vote.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 46. Record Vote Number: 147.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 146.
- 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 →