Confirmation: Keith Sonderling, of F.L., to be Secretary of Labor
Senate roll call 256 · Sep 30, 2026
On the Nomination · Result: Nomination Confirmed
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Senate · OK · Republican
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Office phone: (202) 224-5754
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Career and professional background
- Education
B.S., University of Texas, Austin, Tex., 1990
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M.Div., Southwestern Theological Baptist Seminary, Ft. Worth, Tex., 1994
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youth camp director, 1996-2009
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elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2011-January 3, 2015)
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was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in the November 4, 2014, special election to the unexpired portion of the term ending January 3, 2017, left vacant by the resignation of Thomas Coburn
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took the oath of office on January 3, 2015
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reelected in 2016, and again in 2022 for the term ending January 3, 2029
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vice-chair, Republican Conference (2025-)
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chair, Select Committee on Ethics (One Hundred Sixteenth [January 3, 2020-January 3, 2021] and One Hundred Nineteenth Congresses).
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Recent recorded congressional votes
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Motion to Invoke Cloture: Keith Sonderling to be Secretary of Labor
Senate roll call 255 · Sep 30, 2026
On the Cloture Motion · Result: Cloture Motion Agreed to
Official roll call ↗Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 9340
Senate roll call 254 · Sep 30, 2026
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Official roll call ↗Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed: H.R. 7008
Senate roll call 253 · Sep 30, 2026
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed · Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Official roll call ↗Motion to Discharge S. Res. 852
Senate roll call 252 · Sep 29, 2026
On the Motion to Discharge · Result: Motion to Discharge Rejected
Official roll call ↗Motion to Proceed to S.J. Res. 197
Senate roll call 251 · Sep 29, 2026
On the Motion to Proceed · Result: Motion to Proceed Rejected
Official roll call ↗S. 4668, as amended
Senate roll call 250 · Sep 28, 2026
On Passage of the Bill · Result: Bill Passed
Official roll call ↗Booker Amdt. No. 6835
Senate roll call 249 · Sep 28, 2026
On the Amendment · Result: Amendment Rejected
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FEC record S4OK00232
2026 cycle · Reporting through 09/30/2026
- Reported receipts
- $1,169,357
- Disbursements
- $663,394
- Cash on hand
- $2,844,002
- Debts owed
- $0
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