119th Congress · PN26-5 · Department of State
Brian Burch
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 49–44 (roll call vote 488) · August 2, 2025
- ReceivedMarch 10, 2025
- Sent to committeeMarch 10, 2025
- HearingApril 8, 2025
- Committee voteApril 30, 2025
- On the Senate calendarApril 30, 2025
- Senate voteAugust 2, 2025
- ConfirmedAugust 2, 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: Brian Burch, of Illinois, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Holy See.
Source: Congress.gov PN26-5, record updated August 4, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN26-5 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/26-5?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 49 - 44. Record Vote Number: 488.” (August 2, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- August 4, 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) · August 2, 2025
Yea 51Nay 45Not voting 4
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 0 | 2 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (45)
Not Voting (4)
Source: Senate roll call vote 487, August 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN26-5
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 487, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_487- 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 · August 2, 2025
Yea 49Nay 44Not voting 7
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 42 | 3 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 49 | 0 | 4 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (49)
Nay (44)
Not Voting (7)
Source: Senate roll call vote 488, August 2, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN26-5
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 488, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_488- 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 March 10, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) April 8, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Markup By April 30, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Reported By April 30, 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. 100. 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. 49 - 44. Record Vote Number: 488.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 45. Record Vote Number: 487.
- 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 →