Confirmation: Kalpana Kotagal, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

July 13, 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 (49–47).

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

Kalpana Kotagal, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for a term expiring July 1, 2027

How the parties split

Caucus	Yea	Nay
Democrats	46	1
Republicans	0	46
Independents	3	0

In total, 96 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 2 votes. 4 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 46–1 and Republicans 0–46. Independents split 3–0. Fetterman was among the 4 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 118th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 184.

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 Kalpana Kotagal, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission?: Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Confirmation: Kalpana Kotagal, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on July 13, 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.