Neil M. Gorsuch, to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Neil M. Gorsuch, of Colorado, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, vice Antonin Scalia, deceased.
- Status
- Confirmed
- Senate vote
- 54 to 45, roll call 111 (the Senate roll call, opens in a new tab)
- Received
- Committee
- Judiciary Committee
- Congress
- 115th Congress (2017–2018)
- Citation
- PN55
Every action on the nomination
- Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-208.
- Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-208.
- Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-208.
- Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-208.
- Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported favorably.
- Reported by Senator Grassley, Committee on the Judiciary, without printed report.
- Placed on Senate Executive Calendar. Calendar No. 33.
- Motion to proceed to consideration of nomination agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 44. Record Vote Number: 104.
- Considered by Senate.
- By unanimous consent agreement, debate 4/4/2017.
- Cloture motion presented in Senate.
- By unanimous consent agreement, debate 4/5/2017.
- Considered by Senate.
- By unanimous consent agreement, debate 4/6/2017.
- By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum under Rule XXII waived.
- Considered by Senate.
- Cloture not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 45. Record Vote Number: 105.
- Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote (Roll Call No. 105) by which cloture was not invoked on the nomination agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 45. Record Vote Number: 106.
- Motion by Senator Schumer to postpone the vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination, upon reconsideration, until a time certain not agreed to by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 107.
- Point of order by Senator McConnell that the vote on cloture, under the precedent set on November 21, 2013, for all nominations is by majority vote in Senate.
- Ruling of the Chair that the precedent of November 21, 2013 did not apply to nominations to the Supreme Court; those nominations are considered under plain language of Rule XXII; the point of order raised with respect to the majority vote for all nominations is not sustained.
- Senator McConnell appealed the ruling of the chair.
- Motion by Senator Schumer to adjourn until 5 p.m. not agreed to by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 108.
- Ruling of the Chair not sustained, the question being "Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgement of the Senate" determined by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 109.
- Upon reconsideration, cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 45. Record Vote Number: 110.
- Considered by Senate.
- Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 54 - 45. Record Vote Number: 111.