119th Congress · PN25-37 · Department of State
Caleb Orr
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 57–43 (roll call vote 607) · November 5, 2025
- ReceivedFebruary 11, 2025
- Sent to committeeFebruary 11, 2025
- HearingMay 8, 2025
- Committee voteMay 15, 2025
- On the Senate calendarMay 15, 2025
- Senate voteNovember 5, 2025
- ConfirmedNovember 5, 2025
A step is marked when Congress.gov’s record shows it. Not every nomination goes through every step (for example, some are confirmed by voice vote or unanimous consent without a roll call).
Description on the record: Caleb Orr, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Economic and Business Affairs), vice Ramin Toloui, resigned.
Source: Congress.gov PN25-37, record updated November 6, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN25-37 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/25-37?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 43. Record Vote Number: 607.” (November 5, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- November 6, 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) · November 5, 2025
Yea 57Nay 41Not voting 2
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 4 | 39 | 2 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican | 52 | 1 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (57)
Nay (41)
Not Voting (2)
Source: Senate roll call vote 606, November 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN25-37
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 606, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_606- 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 · November 5, 2025
Yea 57Nay 43Not voting 0
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 4 | 41 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican | 52 | 1 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (57)
Nay (43)
Source: Senate roll call vote 607, November 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN25-37
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 607, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_607- 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 8, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Markup By May 15, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Reported By May 15, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Unknown September 9, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Markup By September 17, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Reported By September 17, 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. 150. 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.
- Recommitted to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on a point of order.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 421. 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. 57 - 43. Record Vote Number: 607.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 41. Record Vote Number: 606.
- 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 →