119th Congress · PN13-12 · Federal Housing Finance Agency
William Pulte
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 56–43 (roll call vote 121) · March 13, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 22, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 22, 2025
- HearingFebruary 27, 2025
- Committee voteMarch 6, 2025
- On the Senate calendarMarch 6, 2025
- Senate voteMarch 13, 2025
- ConfirmedMarch 13, 2025
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Description on the record: William Pulte, of Florida, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency for a term of five years, vice Sandra L. Thompson.
Source: Congress.gov PN13-12, record updated March 14, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN13-12 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/13-12?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 43. Record Vote Number: 121.” (March 13, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- March 14, 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) · March 13, 2025
Yea 57Nay 41Not voting 2
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 4 | 40 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 53 | 0 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (57)
Nay (41)
Not Voting (2)
Source: Senate roll call vote 120, March 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN13-12
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 120, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_120- 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 13, 2025
Yea 56Nay 43Not voting 1
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 3 | 41 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 53 | 0 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (56)
Nay (43)
Not Voting (1)
Source: Senate roll call vote 121, March 13, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN13-12
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 121, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_121- 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 22, 2025: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) February 27, 2025: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
- Markup By March 6, 2025: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
- Reported By March 6, 2025: Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 30. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Scott SC, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, without printed report.
- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. 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.
- By unanimous consent agreement, debate and vote 3/13/2025.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 43. Record Vote Number: 121.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 41. Record Vote Number: 120.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
- Considered by Senate.
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