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Abigail Slater To Be Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice · Congress.wiki

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Abigail Slater To Be Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice

PN12-41

Abigail Slater, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Jonathan Kanter, resigned.

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Progress

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Committees

Committee on the JudiciarySenate

Senate Vote

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Cloture Motion Agreed to (76-20)

76

Yea

20

Nay

0

Present

4

Not Voting

Voted on March 11, 2025

Timeline

Received1 year ago (January 20, 2025)

Authority11 months ago (March 12, 2025)

Last ActionMarch 11, 2025

Action History

FloorMarch 11, 2025

Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 78 - 19. Record Vote Number: 115.

FloorMarch 11, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorMarch 11, 2025

Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 76 - 20. Record Vote Number: 114.

FloorMarch 11, 2025

By unanimous consent agreement, mandatory quorum required under Rule XXII waived.

FloorMarch 6, 2025

Cloture motion presented in Senate.

Nominees

Related Nominations

This nomination is part of a batch. PN12-41 has 45 parts total.

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Committee Meetings

3 meetings related to this nomination

Senate Judiciary

Committee on the JudiciaryHart Senate Office Building, 216Feb 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Senate Judiciary

Committee on the JudiciaryHart Senate Office Building, 216Feb 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM

Hearings to examine the nominations of Todd Blanche, of Florida, to be Deputy Attorney General, and Abigail Slater, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice.

Committee on the JudiciaryDirksen Senate Office Building, 226Feb 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM

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Abigail Slater

Assistant Attorney General · Department of Justice

District of Columbia