119th Congress · PN12-38 · Department of State
Michael Rigas
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 51–46 (roll call vote 252) · May 14, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- HearingMarch 4, 2025
- Committee voteMarch 12, 2025
- On the Senate calendarMarch 12, 2025
- Senate voteMay 14, 2025
- ConfirmedMay 14, 2025
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Description on the record: Michael Rigas, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, vice Richard R. Verma, resigned.
Source: Congress.gov PN12-38, record updated May 15, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN12-38 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/12-38?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 46. Record Vote Number: 252.” (May 14, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- May 15, 2025
- 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 51Nay 45Not voting 4
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 1 | 44 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 50 | 0 | 3 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (45)
Not Voting (4)
Source: Senate roll call vote 251, May 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN12-38
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 251, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_251- 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 51Nay 46Not voting 3
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 1 | 44 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 50 | 0 | 3 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (46)
Not Voting (3)
Source: Senate roll call vote 252, May 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN12-38
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 252, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_252- 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: Foreign Relations Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) March 4, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Markup By March 12, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Reported By March 12, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 42. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Risch, Committee on Foreign Relations, without printed report.
- Committee on Foreign Relations. 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. 51 - 46. Record Vote Number: 252.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 45. Record Vote Number: 251.
- 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 →