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James Danly To Be Deputy Secretary Of Energy · Congress.wiki

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James Danly To Be Deputy Secretary Of Energy

PN13-4

James Danly, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy, vice David Turk, resigned.

Received: January 22, 2025; January 22, 2025
Authority: May 13, 2025; May 13, 2025
Last Action: May 13, 2025; May 13, 2025

1Nominees

12Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

Received

Committee

Hearing

Result

Nominees

1 nominee

Senate Vote

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Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-45)

53

Yea

45

Nay

0

Present

2

Not Voting

Voted on May 13, 2025

Recorded Votes

Recorded Senate votes

2 recorded

Nomination Confirmed (52-44)

On the Nomination

Cloture Motion Agreed to (53-45)

On the Cloture Motion

Action History

FloorMay 13, 2025

Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 44. Record Vote Number: 248.

FloorMay 13, 2025

Considered by Senate.

FloorMay 13, 2025

Cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 247.

FloorMay 13, 2025

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

FloorMay 12, 2025

By unanimous consent agreement, vote 5/13/2025.

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Committees & Meetings

1 committee · 2 meetings

Committees

1 total

Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesSenate

Committee Meetings

2 meetings related to this nomination

Business meeting to consider S.154, to amend the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015, to reauthorize the Colorado River System conservation pilot program, S.362, to allow certain Federal minerals to be mined consistent with the Bull Mountains Mining Plan Modification, S.544, to provide for the location of multiple hardrock mining mill sites, to establish the Abandoned Hardrock Mine Fund, S.714, to amend the Energy Act of 2020 to include critical materials in the definition of critical mineral, and the nominations of Katharine MacGregor, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, and James Danly, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy.

Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesDirksen Senate Office Building, 366Apr 9, 2025 at 2:00 PM

Hearings to examine the nominations of Katharine MacGregor, of Florida, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, and James Danly, of Tennessee, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy.

Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesDirksen Senate Office Building, 366Apr 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM

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James Danly

Deputy Secretary of Energy · Department of Energy

Tennessee