119th Congress · PN12-9 · Department of Defense
Elbridge Colby
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 54–45 (roll call vote 193) · April 8, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 20, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 20, 2025
- HearingMarch 4, 2025
- Committee voteApril 1, 2025
- On the Senate calendarApril 1, 2025
- Senate voteApril 7, 2025
- ConfirmedApril 8, 2025
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Description on the record: Elbridge Colby, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, vice Colin Hackett Kahl, resigned.
Source: Congress.gov PN12-9, record updated April 8, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN12-9 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/12-9?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 193.” (April 8, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- April 8, 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.
Cloture vote (a vote to end debate) · April 7, 2025
Yea 53Nay 39Not voting 8
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 3 | 38 | 4 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 50 | 0 | 3 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (53)
Nay (39)
Not Voting (8)
Source: Senate roll call vote 192, April 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN12-9
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 192, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_192- 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 · April 8, 2025
Yea 54Nay 45Not voting 1
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 3 | 42 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 1 | 1 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (54)
Nay (45)
Not Voting (1)
Source: Senate roll call vote 193, April 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN12-9
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 193, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_193- 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: Armed Services Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) March 4, 2025: Armed Services Committee
- Markup By April 1, 2025: Armed Services Committee
- Reported By April 1, 2025: Armed Services Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- Committee on Armed Services. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-298.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 56. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Wicker, Committee on Armed Services, without printed report.
- Committee on Armed Services. Ordered to be reported favorably.
- By unanimous consent agreement, vote 4/7/2025.
- 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, debate and vote 4/8/2025.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 39. Record Vote Number: 192.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 193.
- 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 →