Motion to Invoke Cloture: Rosemarie Hidalgo to be Director of the Violence Against Women Office, Department of Justice

July 11, 2023 · On the Cloture Motion

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 Cloture Motion Agreed to (50–42).

What kind of vote this was

This was a cloture vote — a vote on whether to end debate so the Senate can move to a final decision on the question. Approval required a simple majority.

What this vote was about

Rosemarie Hidalgo, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Violence Against Women Office, Department of Justice

How the parties split

Caucus	Yea	Nay
Democrats	45	0
Republicans	3	42
Independents	2	0

In total, 92 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 8 votes. 8 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 45–0 and Republicans 3–42. 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. 175.

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

How did Fetterman vote on cloture for Rosemarie Hidalgo to be Director of the Violence Against Women Office, Department of Justice?: Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Invoke Cloture: Rosemarie Hidalgo to be Director of the Violence Against Women Office, Department of Justice on July 11, 2023. The measure’s outcome was: Cloture Motion Agreed to.
Did Fetterman vote with his party on this?: Fetterman did not cast a vote on this question.