Who it affects
- U.S. senators
- Nominees listed in the resolution
Stalled in the SenateNominationsGovernment
Senate consideration of grouped nominations
S.Res. 520 · Resolution · Introduced Dec. 1, 2025
This bill would allow senators to propose considering 88 listed nominations for government positions together rather than separately.
At a glance
Where it stands
Fell short in the Senate on Dec. 4. A vote to end debate got 43 of the 60 votes needed.
How South Carolina voted
No recorded votes yet.
See each vote ↓Lobbying and money
1 groups lobbied on it: labor union.
No matched campaign money to members who voted.
See who gave to whom ↓What it would do
- The resolution would allow a motion to consider 88 listed nominations as one group.
- The nominations include agency leaders, ambassadors, federal prosecutors, and District of Columbia judges.
- It would not itself approve the nominees.
Written with AI from the official bill text, because no CRS summary is available. Read the bill text ↗
How South Carolina voted
Senate vote
Vote to end debate
Needed 60
Dec. 4, 2025 · Rejected 43 to 37
- Republicans
- 43 yes
- 0 no
- Democrats
- 0 yes
- 37 no
Groups that lobbied on it and gave to SC's members
PAC, lobbyist campaign and qualifying employee money this election, shown separately and never added together. Lobbying reports name the bills a group worked on, not which side it took.
No campaign money matched to SC members who voted on this bill.
See all groups, by member
Members without a final recorded vote are grayed out and excluded from totals. Events and honors are not campaign money and aren't included. Matches use exact organization names.
| Organization | Darline GrahamNo vote | Lindsey GrahamDidn't vote | Tim ScottDidn't vote | Jim ClyburnNo vote | Joe WilsonNo vote | Nancy MaceNo vote | Ralph NormanNo vote | Russell FryNo vote | Sheri BiggsNo vote | William TimmonsNo vote | Members |
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- An executive resolution authorizing the en bloc consideration in Executive Session of certain nominations on the Executive Calendar.
- Sponsor
- Sen. Thune, John (R-SD)
- Introduced
- Dec. 1, 2025
- Cosponsors
- 0
- Committees
- Not yet referred
- Latest action
- Dec. 4, 2025 · Cloture, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43 - 37. Record Vote Number: 633. (CR S8501)
Official summary from the Congressional Research Service
Congress hasn't published an official summary.
Summary on Congress.gov ↗Everyone who lobbied on this bill (1 groups)
1 reports. Fees cover each report's whole lobbying effort, not just this bill.
Businesses and trade groups (0)
None.
Labor unions (1)
- Afl-cio ↗1 report
Advocacy groups and nonprofits (0)
None.
Not classified (0)
None.
Lobbying firms (1)
- Afl-cio ↗1 report
We sorted these groups by name and industry. The labels are ours, not legal categories.