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 · ID · Republican
Open full interactive profile ↗James E. Risch
Office phone: (202) 224-2752
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Career and professional background
- Education
B.A., attended the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1961-1963
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B.S. in Forestry, University of Idaho, 1965
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J.D., University of Idaho College of Law, 1968
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Ada County, Idaho, prosecuting attorney, 1970-1974
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Idaho State senator, 1974-1989 and 1995-2003, serving as majority leader (1976-1982), and as president pro tempore (1982-1989)
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lieutenant governor of Idaho, 2003-2006 and 2007-2009
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governor of Idaho, 2006
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elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 2008
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reelected in 2014, and again in 2020 for the term ending January 3, 2027
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chair, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (One Hundred Fifteenth Congress), Committee on Foreign Relations (One Hundred Sixteenth 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 S8ID00092
2026 cycle · Reporting through 10/14/2026
- Reported receipts
- $3,935,512
- Disbursements
- $4,233,642
- Cash on hand
- $2,122,235
- Debts owed
- $0
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