Illustrative empty legislative chamber as neutral vote indicators resolve a recorded outcome

Senate Vote 243 (119th Congress, 1st Session) · May 12, 2025

PN 2550

On the Cloture Motion

Reed Rubinstein, of Maryland, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State

Nomination

The question

The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.

The tally

The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.

The people

Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.

The official record

Senate.gov — official roll-call record
Tally data compiled from the official record by Voteview (UCLA) · see sources

Cite this record

Reference number: vote-119-s243
Permanent link: https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-119-s243
Official source: U.S. Senate roll-call vote record ↗
Last checked: November 4, 2026Congressional vote archive last refreshed from the official roll-call records

AP style

Power & Politics, "Senate recorded vote (119th Congress): On the Cloture Motion (PN 2550)," last checked Nov. 4, 2026, citing U.S. Senate roll-call vote record, https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-119-s243

APA

Power & Politics. (2026, November 4). Senate recorded vote (119th Congress): On the Cloture Motion (PN 2550) [Roll-call vote record]. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-119-s243

Chicago

Power & Politics. "Senate recorded vote (119th Congress): On the Cloture Motion (PN 2550)." Last modified November 4, 2026. Accessed November 4, 2026. https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-119-s243.

BibTeX

@misc{votefiles_vote_119_s243,
  author       = {{Power & Politics}},
  title        = {{Senate recorded vote (119th Congress): On the Cloture Motion (PN 2550)}},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-119-s243}},
  note         = {Reference number vote-119-s243; official source: U.S. Senate roll-call vote record, https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll\_call\_votes/vote1191/vote\_119\_1\_00243.htm; last checked November 4, 2026; accessed November 4, 2026}
}

Plain link

https://powerandpolitics.co/cite/vote-119-s243

Cite the official source for the underlying fact. Power & Politics reference number never changes for this record. AP, APA and Chicago are standard citation styles for news and academic writing, and BibTeX is the format reference-manager programs read.

The tally

How the vote fell

The measure itself

What was on the floor

A nomination has no bill text; the record is the confirmation vote itself.

Same measure, other votes

Every roll call on PN 2550

The map

How each state's senators voted

In 25 states every senator on the roll voted yes; in 22 every one voted no; 3 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its senators voted.

All yes
All no
Split
No yes or no vote

Alaska: 2 yes, 0 no
Maine: 1 yes, 1 no
Vermont: 0 yes, 2 no
New Hampshire: 0 yes, 2 no
Washington: 0 yes, 2 no
Idaho: 2 yes, 0 no
Montana: 2 yes, 0 no
North Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
Minnesota: 0 yes, 2 no
Illinois: 0 yes, 2 no
Wisconsin: 1 yes, 1 no
Michigan: 0 yes, 2 no
New York: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Rhode Island: 0 yes, 2 no
Massachusetts: 0 yes, 2 no
Oregon: 0 yes, 2 no
Nevada: 0 yes, 2 no
Wyoming: 2 yes, 0 no
South Dakota: 2 yes, 0 no
Iowa: 2 yes, 0 no
Indiana: 2 yes, 0 no
Ohio: 2 yes, 0 no
Pennsylvania: 1 yes, 1 no
New Jersey: 0 yes, 2 no
Connecticut: 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
California: 0 yes, 2 no
Utah: 2 yes, 0 no
Colorado: 0 yes, 2 no
Nebraska: 2 yes, 0 no
Missouri: 2 yes, 0 no
Kentucky: 2 yes, 0 no
West Virginia: 2 yes, 0 no
Virginia: 0 yes, 2 no
Maryland: 0 yes, 2 no
Delaware: 0 yes, 2 no
Arizona: 0 yes, 2 no
New Mexico: 0 yes, 2 no
Kansas: 2 yes, 0 no
Arkansas: 2 yes, 0 no
Tennessee: 2 yes, 0 no
North Carolina: 2 yes, 0 no
South Carolina: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
Oklahoma: 2 yes, 0 no
Louisiana: 2 yes, 0 no
Mississippi: 2 yes, 0 no
Alabama: 2 yes, 0 no
Georgia: 0 yes, 2 no
Hawaii: 0 yes, 2 no
Texas: 2 yes, 0 no
Florida: 2 yes, 0 no

Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.

Official records

Every vote, by name — 100 members

Select any member to pull their file.

On the Cloture Motion

How the vote fell

What was on the floor

Every roll call on PN 2550

How each state's senators voted

Alaska 2 yes, 0 no

Alabama 2 yes, 0 no

Arkansas 2 yes, 0 no

Arizona 0 yes, 2 no

California 0 yes, 2 no

Colorado 0 yes, 2 no

Connecticut 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Delaware 0 yes, 2 no

Florida 2 yes, 0 no

Georgia 0 yes, 2 no

Hawaii 0 yes, 2 no

Iowa 2 yes, 0 no

Idaho 2 yes, 0 no

Illinois 0 yes, 2 no

Indiana 2 yes, 0 no

Kansas 2 yes, 0 no

Kentucky 2 yes, 0 no

Louisiana 2 yes, 0 no

Massachusetts 0 yes, 2 no

Maryland 0 yes, 2 no

Maine 1 yes, 1 no

Michigan 0 yes, 2 no

Minnesota 0 yes, 2 no

Missouri 2 yes, 0 no

Mississippi 2 yes, 0 no

Montana 2 yes, 0 no

North Carolina 2 yes, 0 no

North Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Nebraska 2 yes, 0 no

New Hampshire 0 yes, 2 no

New Jersey 0 yes, 2 no

New Mexico 0 yes, 2 no

Nevada 0 yes, 2 no

New York 0 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

Ohio 2 yes, 0 no

Oklahoma 2 yes, 0 no

Oregon 0 yes, 2 no

Pennsylvania 1 yes, 1 no

Rhode Island 0 yes, 2 no

South Carolina 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no

South Dakota 2 yes, 0 no

Tennessee 2 yes, 0 no

Texas 2 yes, 0 no

Utah 2 yes, 0 no

Virginia 0 yes, 2 no

Vermont 0 yes, 2 no

Washington 0 yes, 2 no

Wisconsin 1 yes, 1 no

West Virginia 2 yes, 0 no

Wyoming 2 yes, 0 no

Every vote, by name — 100 members