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Jonathan Brightbill To Be General Counsel Of The Department Of Energy · Congress.wiki

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Jonathan Brightbill To Be General Counsel Of The Department Of Energy

PN26-7

Jonathan Brightbill, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Energy, vice Samuel T. Walsh, resigned.

1Nominees

18Actions

0Hearings

1Committees

Progress

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Committees

Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesSenate

Senate Vote

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Cloture Motion Rejected (51-48, 3/5 majority required)

51

Yea

48

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Present

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Voted on September 17, 2025

Timeline

Received11 months ago (March 10, 2025)

Authority8 months ago (May 21, 2025)

Last ActionSeptember 18, 2025

Action History

FloorSeptember 18, 2025

Confirmed by the Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 47. Record Vote Number: 526.

FloorSeptember 18, 2025

Considered by Senate pursuant S. Res. 377, 119th Congress.

FloorSeptember 17, 2025

By unanimous consent agreement, debate pursuant to S. Res. 377, 119th Congress on 9/18/2025.

FloorSeptember 17, 2025

Considered by Senate pursuant S. Res. 377, 119th Congress.

FloorSeptember 17, 2025

Upon reconsideration, cloture invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 47. Record Vote Number: 525.

Nominees

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Committee Meetings

2 meetings related to this nomination

Business meeting to consider the nominations of Jonathan Brightbill, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Tina Pierce, of Idaho, to be Chief Financial Officer, and Conner Prochaska, of Texas, to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, all of the Department of Energy, and Ned Mamula, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.

Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesDirksen Senate Office Building, 366May 21, 2025 at 1:30 PM

Business meeting to consider the nominations of William L. Doffermyre, of Texas, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, and Catherine Jereza, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary (Electricity), and Kyle Haustveit, of Oklahoma, to be an Assistant Secretary (Fossil Energy), both of the Department of Energy; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of Jonathan Brightbill, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Tina Pierce, of Idaho, to be Chief Financial Officer, and Conner Prochaska, of Texas, to be Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, all of the Department of Energy, and Ned Mamula, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.

Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesDirksen Senate Office Building, 366

May 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM

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Jonathan Brightbill

General Counsel of the Department of Energy · Department of Energy

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