119th Congress · PN1366-1 · Department of State
John Coale
Where this nomination stands
Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. · September 28, 2026
- ReceivedSeptember 28, 2026
- Sent to committeeSeptember 28, 2026
- Hearing
- Committee vote
- On the Senate calendar
- Senate vote
- Outcome
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Description on the record: John Coale, of Maryland, to be Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, with the rank and status of Ambassador.
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN1366-1 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/1366-1?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.” (September 28, 2026)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- September 29, 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.
No Senate roll call vote is on record for this nomination yet.
Committee steps
- Referred To September 28, 2026: Foreign Relations Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
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