119th Congress · PN24-4 · Department of State
Charles Kushner
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 51–45 (roll call vote 261) · May 19, 2025
- ReceivedFebruary 11, 2025
- Sent to committeeFebruary 11, 2025
- HearingMay 1, 2025
- Committee voteMay 8, 2025
- On the Senate calendarMay 8, 2025
- Senate voteMay 19, 2025
- ConfirmedMay 19, 2025
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Description on the record: Charles Kushner, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the French Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Principality of Monaco.
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN24-4 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/24-4?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 45. Record Vote Number: 261.” (May 19, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- May 20, 2025
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- Raw copy kept
- nominations-119-2026-10-16-06a5bfe9.jsonl.gz
06a5bfe9db28821cbcaac113aad54acd64a88e02e3f27dd489d814a6a343cc07
Senate votes
Roll calls recorded on this nomination. Both parties are shown the same way, and nothing here is a score.
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 1 | 43 | 1 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 1 | 1 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (52)
Nay (46)
Not Voting (2)
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN24-4
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 260, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_260- 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.
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 1 | 42 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 50 | 1 | 2 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (45)
Not Voting (4)
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN24-4
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 261, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_261- 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 February 11, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) May 1, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Markup By May 8, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Reported By May 8, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 125. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
- Reported by Senator Risch, Committee on Foreign Relations, without printed report.
- Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 45. Record Vote Number: 261.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 46. Record Vote Number: 260.
- 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 →