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 · RI · Democratic
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Office phone: (202) 224-4642
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Career and professional background
- Education
attended St. Matthew's Elementary School, Cranston, R.I.
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graduated, LaSalle Academy, Providence, R.I., 1967
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B.S., United States Military Academy, West Point 1971
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M.P.P., Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 1973
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J.D., Harvard Law School 1982
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served in the U.S. Army 1971-1979 and Army Reserve 1979-1991
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associate professor, Department of Social Sciences, U.S. Military Academy 1977-1979
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admitted to the Washington, D.C. bar 1983
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lawyer
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member, Rhode Island State senate 1985-1990
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elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Second and to the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 2, 1997)
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was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives in 1996, but was elected to the United States Senate in 1996
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reelected in 2002, 2008, 2014, and again in 2020 for the term ending January 3, 2027
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chair, Committee on Armed Services (One Hundred Seventeenth and One Hundred Eighteenth 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
Official roll call ↗Reported campaign finances
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FEC record S6RI00163
2026 cycle · Reporting through 10/14/2026
- Reported receipts
- $3,727,368
- Disbursements
- $3,432,028
- Cash on hand
- $1,883,532
- Debts owed
- $0
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