119th Congress · PN141-30 · Department of Veterans Affairs
Cheryl Mason
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 53–45 (roll call vote 461) · July 31, 2025
- ReceivedMay 6, 2025
- Sent to committeeMay 6, 2025
- HearingJune 4, 2025
- Committee voteJune 11, 2025
- On the Senate calendarJuly 1, 2025
- Senate voteJuly 31, 2025
- ConfirmedJuly 31, 2025
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Description on the record: Cheryl Mason, of North Carolina, to be Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs, vice Michael Joseph Missal.
Source: Congress.gov PN141-30, record updated November 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN141-30 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/141-30?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 461.” (July 31, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- November 24, 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) · July 31, 2025
Yea 53Nay 41Not voting 6
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 39 | 6 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 53 | 0 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (53)
Nay (41)
Not Voting (6)
Source: Senate roll call vote 458, July 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN141-30
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 458, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_458- 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 31, 2025
Yea 53Nay 45Not voting 2
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 53 | 0 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (53)
Nay (45)
Not Voting (2)
Source: Senate roll call vote 461, July 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN141-30
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 461, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_461- 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 May 6, 2025: Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) June 4, 2025: Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Referred To June 11, 2025: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- Markup By June 11, 2025: Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Reported By June 11, 2025: Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Discharged From July 1, 2025: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs; when reported by the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, pursuant to an order of January 7, 2009, to be sequentially referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for 20 calendar days.
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-87.
- Referred sequentially to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for 20 calendar days under authority of the order of the Senate of 01/07/2009.
- Reported by Senator Moran, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, without printed report.
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Ordered to be reported favorably.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 271. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs discharged under the authority of the order of the Senate of 01/07/2009.
- 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 7/31/2025.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 461.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 41. Record Vote Number: 458.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
- Considered by Senate.
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