Bill
S.Res. 520 (119th): An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.
An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.
Summary
Recorded summary
This Senate executive resolution (S.Res. 520, tied to cloture motion vote 119-1-00633) authorizes en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar. The metadata does not identify the nominees or the policy consequences of confirming them.
Theological note: The measure concerns the Senate's ordinary procedure for confirming executive nominations. Scripture grounds the broader duty of officials to rule justly and of the community to seek faithful, accountable leadership, but this procedural mechanic does not itself advance or restrain a named moral harm. Its moral weight depends on the specific nominees, which the metadata does not identify.
Scoring
How this bill is scored
- Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
- Lane: nominations. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Lane: procedural. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
- Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
- Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
- Roll 633: On the Cloture Motion S.Res. 520. Vote type: cloture.
- Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: This is a routine procedural mechanic for batching nominations, so it carries no direct moral good or evil on its face. Its moral character is prudential and depends on the nominees, who are not identified in the metadata. 'Mixed' reflects an ordinary governance good with unknown downstream concerns, not a verdict on any nominee.
- Theological note: The measure concerns the Senate's ordinary procedure for confirming executive nominations. Scripture grounds the broader duty of officials to rule justly and of the community to seek faithful, accountable leadership, but this procedural mechanic does not itself advance or restrain a named moral harm. Its moral weight depends on the specific nominees, which the metadata does not identify.
Debt and war Cloture and Tier 1 Procedural votes Scoring mechanics
Roll
Recorded votes
Roll 633 · December 4, 2025, 01:36 PM · On the Cloture Motion S.Res. 520 · Cloture Motion Rejected (43-37, 3/5 majority required)
Yea
- BARRASSO, JOHN A
- BLACKBURN, MARSHA MRS.
- BOOZMAN, SEN. JOHN
- BRITT, KATIE BOYD
- BUDD, THEODORE P
- CAPITO, SHELLEY MOORE
- COLLINS, SUSAN M.
- CORNYN, JOHN SEN
- COTTON, THOMAS
- CRAMER, KEVIN MR.
- CRAPO, MICHAEL D
- CURTIS, JOHN
- DAINES, STEVE
- ERNST, JONI K
- FISCHER, DEBRA S.
- GRASSLEY, CHARLES E
- HAGERTY, BILL
- HAWLEY, JOSHUA DAVID SEN
- HOEVEN, JOHN
- HUSTED, JON
- HYDE-SMITH, CINDY
- JOHNSON, RON HAROLD MR.
- JUSTICE, JAMES CONLEY II
- KENNEDY, JOHN NEELY
- LANKFORD, JAMES PAUL
- LEE, MIKE
- LUMMIS, CYNTHIA MARIE MRS.
- MARSHALL, ROGER W
- MORENO, BERNIE
- MULLIN, MARKWAYNE
- MURKOWSKI, LISA
- PAUL, RAND
- RICKETTS, PETE
- RISCH, JAMES E MR.
- ROUNDS, MIKE
- SCHMITT, ERIC
- SCOTT, RICK SEN
- SHEEHY, TIM
- SULLIVAN, DAN
- THUNE, JOHN R.
- TILLIS, THOM R SEN
- WICKER, ROGER SEN.
- YOUNG, TODD CHRISTOPHER
Nay
- ALSOBROOKS, ANGELA
- BALDWIN, TAMMY
- BENNET, MICHAEL F.
- BLUNT ROCHESTER, LISA
- BOOKER, CORY A.
- CANTWELL, MARIA
- COONS, CHRISTOPHER A.
- CORTEZ MASTO, CATHERINE
- DUCKWORTH, L. TAMMY
- DURBIN, RICHARD J.
- FETTERMAN, JOHN KARL
- GILLIBRAND, KIRSTEN
- HASSAN, MARGARET WOOD
- HEINRICH, MARTIN
- HICKENLOOPER, JOHN W.
- HIRONO, MAZIE K.
- KAINE, TIMOTHY MICHAEL
- KIM, ANDY
- KLOBUCHAR, AMY
- LUJAN, BEN RAY
- MARKEY, EDWARD SEN.
- MERKLEY, JEFFREY ALAN
- MURRAY, PATTY
- PADILLA, ALEX
- PETERS, GARY
- REED, JOHN F.
- ROSEN, JACKY
- SCHATZ, BRIAN
- SCHUMER, CHARLES E.
- SMITH, TINA
- VAN HOLLEN, CHRIS
- WARNER, MARK ROBERT
- WARNOCK, RAPHAEL
- WARREN, ELIZABETH
- WELCH, PETER
- WHITEHOUSE, SHELDON
- WYDEN, RONALD L.
Other
- BANKS, JAMES E. HON.
- BLUMENTHAL, RICHARD
- CASSIDY, WILLIAM M.
- CRUZ, RAFAEL EDWARD TED
- GALLEGO, RUBEN
- GRAHAM, LINDSEY O.
- KELLY, MARK
- KING, ANGUS S. JR.
- MCCONNELL, MITCH
- MCCORMICK, DAVE
- MOODY, ASHLEY
- MORAN, JERRY
- MURPHY, CHRISTOPHER S
- OSSOFF, T. JONATHAN
- SANDERS, BERNARD
- SCHIFF, ADAM
- SCOTT, TIMOTHY E.
- SHAHEEN, JEANNE
- SLOTKIN, ELISSA
- TUBERVILLE, THOMAS H