119th Congress · PN60-15 · Department of Justice
Ronald A. Parsons
Where this nomination stands
Confirmed 51–47 (roll call vote 547) · October 7, 2025
- ReceivedMarch 31, 2025
- Sent to committeeMarch 31, 2025
- Hearingnot on record
- Committee voteJune 12, 2025
- On the Senate calendarJune 12, 2025
- Senate voteOctober 7, 2025
- ConfirmedOctober 7, 2025
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Description on the record: Ronald A. Parsons, Jr., of South Dakota, to be United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota for the term of four years, vice Ronald A. Parsons, Jr., term expired.
Source: Congress.gov PN60-15, record updated October 8, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Record
- Congress.gov nomination PN60-15 ↗
- Machine-readable record
https://api.congress.gov/v3/nomination/119/60-15?format=json- Status wording
- PORKER shows the status from Congress.gov’s latest-action text: “Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 547.” (October 7, 2025)
- Last updated by Congress.gov
- October 8, 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.
Confirmation vote · October 7, 2025
Yea 51Nay 47Not voting 2
| Party | Yea | Nay | Not voting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 0 | 45 | 0 |
| Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Republican | 51 | 0 | 2 |
How each senator voted (100)
Yea (51)
Nay (47)
Not Voting (2)
Source: Senate roll call vote 547, October 7, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Question
- On the Nomination PN22-9 and PN345-19 and PN345-1 and PN55-15 and PN25-49 and PN25-24 and PN25-10 and PN25-5 and PN12-21 and PN465-5 and PN465-4 and PN465-3 and PN416-11 and PN380-4 and PN380-3 and PN129-14 and PN129-5 and PN55-48 and PN55-37 and PN55-32 and PN55-29 and PN55-23 and PN55-21 and PN55-19 and PN55-11 and PN55-8 and PN55-5 and PN54-4 and PN54-3 and PN54-2 and PN54-1 and PN26-41 and PN26-30 and PN26-17 and PN141-34 and PN60-18 and PN141-38 and PN60-15 and PN141-31 and PN26-32 and PN60-7 and PN141-13 and PN141-3 and PN379-24 and PN141-36 and PN141-32 and PN141-21 and PN379-14 and PN379-8 and PN379-5 and PN416-7 and PN246-15 and PN22-14 and PN25-52 and PN25-7 and PN26-48 and PN129-15 and PN141-23 and PN246-9 and PN55-1 and PN141-19 and PN246-17 and PN55-38 and PN55-4 and PN25-23 and PN55-17 and PN25-48 and PN13-1 and PN141-33 and PN141-6 and PN60-6 and PN55-40 and PN55-14 and PN25-47 and PN129-11 and PN129-3 and PN25-55 and PN25-34 and PN25-4 and PN141-17 and PN55-46 and PN129-12 and PN55-49 and PN60-1 and PN60-16 and PN60-5 and PN25-46 and PN25-25 and PN26-14 and PN129-16 and PN55-12 and PN55-35 and PN55-22 and PN25-38 and PN24-1 and PN22-28 and PN25-13 and PN22-6 and PN12-17 and PN25-30 and PN26-21 and PN55-33 and PN26-23 and PN26-9 and PN26-13 and PN25-3 and PN18
- Vote record
- senate.gov roll call vote 547, 119th Congress, session 1 ↗
- PORKER vote id
vote_Senate_119_1_547- 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 31, 2025: Judiciary Committee
- Markup By June 12, 2025: Judiciary Committee
- Reported By June 12, 2025: Judiciary Committee
- Unknown September 8, 2025: Judiciary Committee
- Reported By September 11, 2025: Judiciary Committee
Every recorded action
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 183.
- Reported by Senator Grassley, Committee on the Judiciary, without printed report.
- Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported favorably.
- Recommitted to Senate Committee on the Judiciary on a point of order.
- By unanimous consent agreement, the previous order with respect to recommitting the nomination to the Committee on the Judiciary was vitiated.
- Recommitted to Senate Committee on the Judiciary by Unanimous Consent.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 386.
- Reported by Senator Grassley, Committee on the Judiciary, without printed report.
- Cloture motion presented in Senate.
- Motion to proceed to executive session to consideration of nomination pursuant to S. Res. 412, 119th Congress agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
- By unanimous consent agreement, debate 10/7/2025.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 45. Record Vote Number: 546.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 547.
- 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 →