119th Congress · PN373 · Executive Office of the President
Sara Bailey
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 52–48 (roll call vote 3) · January 6, 2026
- ReceivedJune 26, 2025
- Sent to committeeJune 26, 2025
- HearingSeptember 17, 2025
- Committee voteOctober 9, 2025
- On the Senate calendarOctober 9, 2025
- Senate voteDecember 18, 2025
- ConfirmedJanuary 6, 2026
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: Sara Bailey, of Texas, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy, vice Rahul Gupta, resigned.
Source: Congress.gov PN373, record updated May 12, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN373 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/373?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 48. Record Vote Number: 3.” (January 6, 2026)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- May 12, 2026
- 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) · December 18, 2025
Yea 51Nay 42Not voting 7
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 39 | 6 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 1 | 1 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (42)
Not Voting (7)
Source: Senate roll call vote 659, December 18, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN373
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 659, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_659- 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 · January 6, 2026
Yea 52Nay 48Not voting 0
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 52 | 1 | 0 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (52)
Nay (48)
Source: Senate roll call vote 3, January 6, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN373
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 3, 119th Congress, session 2 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_2_3- 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 June 26, 2025: Judiciary Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) September 17, 2025: Judiciary Committee
- Markup By October 9, 2025: Judiciary Committee
- Reported By October 9, 2025: Judiciary Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 119-260.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 476.
- Reported by Senator Grassley, Committee on the Judiciary, without printed report.
- Committee on the Judiciary. 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.
- By unanimous consent agreement, vote to be determined.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 42. Record Vote Number: 659.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
- By unanimous consent agreement, vote 12/18/2025.
- By unanimous consent agreement, vote 1/6/2026.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 48. Record Vote Number: 3.
- Considered by Senate.
Same rule for every member. Both parties are always shown, and every number links to the bill or member behind it. How we calculate →