Their recorded votes in Congress, including what was decided and how they voted.
Yea/Aye supports the question being voted on. Nay/No opposes it. Colors describe the recorded choice, not a political rating.
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The Senate confirmed Kristi Noem, of South Dakota, to serve as secretary of homeland security. The confirmation vote passed, 59–34.
Context: Official Senate roll call held on January 25, 2025. The member’s recorded choice and the chamber’s overall result are separate.
The Senate agreed, 61–39, to limit debate on Kristi Noem’s nomination to be secretary of homeland security. This decision limited the remaining debate; it did not confirm her. The Senate voted on confirmation separately.
Context: Official Senate roll call held on January 24, 2025. The member’s recorded choice and the chamber’s overall result are separate.
The Senate confirmed Peter Hegseth, of Tennessee, to serve as secretary of defense. The confirmation vote passed, 50–50, with the vice president casting the tie-breaking vote.
Context: Official Senate roll call held on January 24, 2025. The member’s recorded choice and the chamber’s overall result are separate.
The Senate agreed, 51–49, to limit debate on Peter Hegseth’s nomination to be secretary of defense. This limited the remaining debate; it did not confirm Hegseth. The Senate voted on confirmation separately.
Context: Official Senate roll call held on January 23, 2025. The member’s recorded choice and the chamber’s overall result are separate.
The Senate confirmed John Ratcliffe, of Texas, to serve as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The confirmation vote passed, 74–25.
Context: Official Senate roll call held on January 23, 2025. The member’s recorded choice and the chamber’s overall result are separate.
The Senate agreed, 72–26, to limit debate on John Ratcliffe’s nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency. This limited the remaining debate; it did not confirm Ratcliffe. The Senate voted on confirmation separately.
Context: Official Senate roll call held on January 23, 2025. The member’s recorded choice and the chamber’s overall result are separate.
The bill concerns care for a child born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion, including requirements for medical care and hospital admission, and penalties for failures to provide or report required care. This vote was on limiting debate so the Senate could begin considering the bill, not on passing the bill itself. The effort did not receive the required three-fifths majority, so debate was not limited and the Senate did not begin consideration through this vote.
Context: The background summarizes the version introduced on January 15, 2025; it does not establish that this was the exact text the Senate would have considered.
The Senate agreed to begin considering Peter Hegseth’s nomination to be Secretary of Defense in executive session. This procedural vote started consideration of the nomination; it did not confirm him.
Context: Official Senate roll call held on January 21, 2025. The member’s recorded choice and the chamber’s overall result are separate.
The nomination was for John Ratcliffe to serve as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The Senate agreed to begin considering the nomination. This procedural vote did not confirm Ratcliffe; confirmation would require a separate vote.
Context: Official Senate roll call held on January 21, 2025. The member’s recorded choice and the chamber’s overall result are separate.
The nomination was for Marco Rubio to serve as Secretary of State. The Senate voted to confirm him to the position.
Context: Official Senate roll call held on January 20, 2025. The member’s recorded choice and the chamber’s overall result are separate.
The bill requires federal immigration authorities to detain certain non-U.S. nationals charged with theft-related offenses and authorizes states to sue the federal government over specified immigration-enforcement decisions or failures. The Senate passed the bill as amended; this vote decided passage, not simply whether to consider it. The supplied background summarizes the introduced version, so it may not describe all changes in the text passed.
Context: The background describes the version introduced on January 6, 2025; the Senate passed an amended version, and the supplied records do not detail those amendments.
The amendment would add crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury to the offenses requiring mandatory detention when committed by an inadmissible alien. The Senate agreed to this amendment, 75–24. That vote adopted the amendment; it did not itself pass S. 5.
Context: Official Senate roll call held on January 20, 2025. The member’s recorded choice and the chamber’s overall result are separate.
The Laken Riley Act would require detention of certain non-U.S. nationals charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admitting to specified theft-related offenses, and would let states sue over certain immigration-enforcement decisions or failures. The Senate voted 61–35 to limit the remaining debate on S. 5. This vote did not pass the bill or instantly end all debate.
Context: The background describes the bill as introduced on January 6, 2025; it may not reflect the exact text considered at this vote.
The Senate rejected an amendment to S. 5 that would have removed a provision allowing state attorneys general to sue federal immigration authorities over alleged violations involving the detention of noncitizens. The vote rejected that proposed change; it did not decide whether to pass S. 5.
Context: The supplied record does not identify S. 5’s full subject or provide the text of the provision the amendment would have removed.
The Senate agreed to an amendment to another amendment to S. 5. It would expand the list of criminal offenses that make inadmissible noncitizens subject to mandatory detention. This vote approved that amendment, not S. 5 as a whole.
Context: The supplied record does not identify S. 5’s full subject or provide the text of the underlying amendments.
The Laken Riley Act would require detention of certain non-U.S. nationals charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admitting to specified theft-related offenses, and would let states sue over certain immigration-enforcement decisions or failures. The Senate agreed, 82–10, to begin considering S. 5. This procedural vote did not pass the bill.
Context: The background describes the bill as introduced on January 6, 2025; it may not reflect the exact text considered at this vote.
The Laken Riley Act would require detention of certain non-U.S. nationals charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admitting to specified theft-related offenses, and would let states sue over certain immigration-enforcement decisions or failures. The Senate voted 84–9 to limit the remaining debate on whether to begin considering S. 5. This vote did not pass the bill or instantly end all debate.
Context: The background describes the bill as introduced on January 6, 2025; it may not reflect the exact text considered at this vote.