119th Congress · PN345-3 · Department of Veterans Affairs
Karen Brazell
Where this nomination stands
Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President. · October 8, 2025
- ReceivedJune 16, 2025
- Sent to committeeJune 16, 2025
- HearingSeptember 10, 2025
- Committee vote
- On the Senate calendar
- Senate vote
- Outcome
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Description on the record: Karen Brazell, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs, vice Joshua David Jacobs, resigned.
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN345-3 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/345-3?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 8, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- March 19, 2026
- 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.
No Senate roll call vote is on record for this nomination yet.
Committee steps
- Referred To June 16, 2025: Veterans' Affairs Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) September 10, 2025: Veterans' Affairs Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-164.
- Received message of withdrawal of nomination from the President.
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