119th Congress · PN55-36 · Department of State
Luigi Rinaldi
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 51–44 (roll call vote 482) · August 1, 2025
- ReceivedMarch 24, 2025
- Sent to committeeMarch 24, 2025
- HearingJune 12, 2025
- Committee voteJune 18, 2025
- On the Senate calendarJune 18, 2025
- Senate voteAugust 1, 2025
- ConfirmedAugust 1, 2025
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Description on the record: Luigi Rinaldi, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay.
Source: Congress.gov PN55-36, record updated October 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN55-36 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/55-36?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 482.” (August 1, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 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 1, 2025
Yea 52Nay 45Not voting 3
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 52 | 0 | 1 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (52)
Nay (45)
Not Voting (3)
Source: Senate roll call vote 471, August 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Cloture Motion PN55-36
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 471, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_471- 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 1, 2025
Yea 51Nay 44Not voting 5
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 43 | 2 |
| Independent | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Republican | 51 | 0 | 2 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (44)
Not Voting (5)
Source: Senate roll call vote 482, August 1, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN55-36
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 482, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_482- 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) June 12, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Markup By June 18, 2025: Foreign Relations Committee
- Reported By June 18, 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. 192. 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. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 482.
- By unanimous consent agreement, vote 8/1/2025.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 45. Record Vote Number: 471.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
- By unanimous consent agreement, vote 8/1/2025.
Same rule for every member. Both parties are always shown, and every number links to the bill or member behind it. How we calculate →