119th Congress · PN13-3 · Small Business Administration
William Briggs
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 49–45 (roll call vote 380) · July 9, 2025
- ReceivedJanuary 22, 2025
- Sent to committeeJanuary 22, 2025
- HearingMarch 12, 2025
- Committee voteApril 2, 2025
- On the Senate calendarApril 2, 2025
- Senate voteJuly 9, 2025
- ConfirmedJuly 9, 2025
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Description on the record: William Briggs, of Texas, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, vice Dilawar Syed, resigned.
Source: Congress.gov PN13-3, record updated January 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN13-3 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/13-3?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 45. Record Vote Number: 380.” (July 9, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- January 12, 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) · July 9, 2025
Yea 51Nay 44Not voting 5
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 42 | 3 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 0 | 2 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (44)
Not Voting (5)
Source: Senate roll call vote 378, July 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN13-3
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 378, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_378- 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 · July 9, 2025
Yea 49Nay 45Not voting 6
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 49 | 0 | 4 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (49)
Nay (45)
Not Voting (6)
Source: Senate roll call vote 380, July 9, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN13-3
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 380, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_380- 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: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) March 12, 2025: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
- Markup By April 2, 2025: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
- Reported By April 2, 2025: Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-50.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 58. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Ernst, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, without printed report.
- Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. 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, vote 7/9/2025.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 45. Record Vote Number: 380.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 378.
- 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 →