119th Congress · PN25-45 · Department of State

Joel Rayburn

Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs) ·Pending ·Received February 11, 2025

Where this nomination stands

Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President. · October 27, 2025

ReceivedFebruary 11, 2025
Sent to committeeFebruary 11, 2025
HearingMay 15, 2025
Committee voteOctober 22, 2025
On the Senate calendarOctober 22, 2025
Senate vote
Outcome

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Description on the record: Joel Rayburn, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Near Eastern Affairs), vice Barbara A. Leaf, resigned.

Source: Congress.gov PN25-45, record updated October 28, 2025 ↗

Evidence

Record: Congress.gov nomination PN25-45 ↗
Machine-readable record: https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/25-45?format=json
Status wording: PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.” (October 27, 2025)
Last updated by Congress.gov: October 28, 2025
Retrieved by PORKER: October 16, 2026
Raw copy kept: nominations-119-2026-10-16-06a5bfe9.jsonl.gz
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Senate votes

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No Senate roll call vote is on record for this nomination yet.

Committee steps

Referred To February 11, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
Hearings By (full committee) May 15, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
Markup By October 22, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
Reported By October 22, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee

Every recorded action

February 11, 2025Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
May 15, 2025Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings held.
October 22, 2025Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 487. Subject to nominee's commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any duly constituted committee of the Senate.
October 22, 2025Reported by Senator Risch, Committee on Foreign Relations, without recommendation without printed report.
October 22, 2025Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without recommendation.
October 27, 2025Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.

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