119th Congress · PN54-5 · Department of State
David Perdue
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 67–29 (roll call vote 215) · April 29, 2025
- ReceivedMarch 24, 2025
- Sent to committeeMarch 24, 2025
- HearingApril 3, 2025
- Committee voteApril 9, 2025
- On the Senate calendarApril 9, 2025
- Senate voteApril 28, 2025
- ConfirmedApril 29, 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: David Perdue, of Georgia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the People's Republic of China.
Source: Congress.gov PN54-5, record updated April 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN54-5 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/54-5?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 67 - 29. Record Vote Number: 215.” (April 29, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- April 30, 2025
- 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.
Cloture vote (a vote to end debate) · April 28, 2025
Yea 64Nay 27Not voting 9
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 13 | 26 | 6 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican | 50 | 0 | 3 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (64)
Nay (27)
Not Voting (9)
Source: Senate roll call vote 214, April 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN54-5
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 214, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_214- 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 · April 29, 2025
Yea 67Nay 29Not voting 4
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 15 | 28 | 2 |
| Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 0 | 2 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (67)
Nay (29)
Not Voting (4)
Source: Senate roll call vote 215, April 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN54-5
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 215, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_215- 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 24, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Hearings By (full committee) April 3, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Markup By April 9, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Reported By April 9, 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. 80. 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.
- By unanimous consent agreement, debate and vote 4/29/2025.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 64 - 27. Record Vote Number: 214.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 67 - 29. Record Vote Number: 215.
- 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 →