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Stanley Woodward To Be Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice · Congress.wiki

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Stanley Woodward To Be Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice

PN129-16

Stanley Woodward, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Attorney General, vice Vanita Gupta.

Received: April 29, 2025; April 29, 2025
Authority: May 21, 2025; May 21, 2025
Last Action: October 7, 2025; October 7, 2025

1Nominees

13Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

Result

Nominees

1 nominee

Senate Vote

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Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45)

50

Yea

45

Nay

0

Present

5

Not Voting

Voted on October 6, 2025

Recorded Votes

Recorded Senate votes

2 recorded

October 7, 2025

Nomination Confirmed (51-47)

On the Nomination

October 6, 2025

Cloture Motion Agreed to (50-45)

On the Cloture Motion

Action History

FloorOctober 7, 2025

Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 547.

FloorOctober 7, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorOctober 6, 2025

By unanimous consent agreement, debate 10/7/2025.

FloorOctober 6, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorOctober 6, 2025

Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 45. Record Vote Number: 546.

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Committees & Meetings

1 committee · 3 meetings

Committees

1 total

Committee on the JudiciarySenate

Committee Meetings

3 meetings related to this nomination

Business meeting to consider S.1829, to combat the sexual exploitation of children by supporting victims and promoting accountability and transparency by the tech industry, and the nominations of Stanley Woodward, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Attorney General, Thomas Gaiser, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Bart McKay Davis, to be United States Attorney for the District of Idaho, David Metcalf, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Ronald A. Parsons, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota, all of the Department of Justice, Joseph Edlow, of Maryland, to be Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, and John Squires, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Committee on the JudiciaryHart Senate Office Building, 216Jun 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM

Business meeting to consider S.1829, to combat the sexual exploitation of children by supporting victims and promoting accountability and transparency by the tech industry, and the nominations of Stanley Woodward, Jr., of the District of Columbia, and Thomas Gaiser, of Ohio, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, Ronald A. Parsons, Jr., to be United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota, and David Charles Waterman, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, all of the Department of Justice, Joseph Edlow, of Maryland, to be Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, and John Squires, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Committee on the Judiciary

Hearings to examine the nominations of Stanley Woodward, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Associate Attorney General, Thomas Gaiser, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Joseph Edlow, of Maryland, to be Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, and John Squires, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Committee on the JudiciaryDirksen Senate Office Building, 226

Hart Senate Office Building, 216

Jun 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM

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May 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM

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Stanley Woodward

Associate Attorney General · Department of Justice

District of Columbia