119th Congress · PN12-41 · Department of Justice
Abigail Slater
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 78–19 (roll call vote 115) · March 11, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- HearingFebruary 12, 2025
- Committee voteFebruary 27, 2025
- On the Senate calendarFebruary 27, 2025
- Senate voteMarch 11, 2025
- ConfirmedMarch 11, 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: Abigail Slater, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Jonathan Kanter, resigned.
Source: Congress.gov PN12-41, record updated September 3, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN12-41 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/12-41?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 78 - 19. Record Vote Number: 115.” (March 11, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- September 3, 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) · March 11, 2025
Yea 76Nay 20Not voting 4
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 25 | 18 | 2 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican | 50 | 1 | 2 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (76)
Nay (20)
Not Voting (4)
Source: Senate roll call vote 114, March 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN12-41
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 114, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_114- 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 11, 2025
Yea 78Nay 19Not voting 3
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 26 | 17 | 2 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 1 | 1 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (78)
Nay (19)
Not Voting (3)
Source: Senate roll call vote 115, March 11, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN12-41
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 115, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_115- 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 12, 2025: Judiciary Committee
- Markup By February 27, 2025: Judiciary Committee
- Reported By February 27, 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. 119-136.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 28.
- 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. 78 - 19. Record Vote Number: 115.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 76 - 20. Record Vote Number: 114.
- 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 →