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Confirmation: Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

July 11, 2023 · On the Nomination

Fetterman voted: Did not vote

Senator John Fetterman did not vote on this measure. Fetterman did not cast a vote on this question. The final result was Nomination Confirmed (84–8).

What kind of vote this was

This was a confirmation vote — a vote on whether the Senate consents to the President’s nomination. Approval required a simple majority.

What this vote was about

Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture

How the parties split

CaucusYeaNay
Democrats450
Republicans378
Independents20

In total, 92 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 76 votes. 8 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 45–0 and Republicans 37–8. Independents split 2–0. Fetterman was among the 8 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 118th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 174.

View the official record on Senate.gov

This vote in Fetterman’s record

This site groups the vote under Cabinet & nominee confirmations. Across 907 votes in that cluster, Fetterman voted Yea 441 times and Nay 308 times, and broke with the Democratic caucus majority on 92 of them (10.1%).

This is one of the 204 roll calls Fetterman has missed since January 2023, about 12.9% of all recorded votes.

Questions and answers

Did Fetterman vote to confirm Xochitl Torres Small, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture?
Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Confirmation: Xochitl Torres Small, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture on July 11, 2023. The measure’s outcome was: Nomination Confirmed.
Did Fetterman vote with his party on this?
Fetterman did not cast a vote on this question.

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