Motion to Invoke Cloture: James C. O'Brien to be Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs)

October 3, 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 (63–32).

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

James C. O'Brien, of Nebraska, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs)

How the parties split

Caucus	Yea	Nay
Democrats	45	0
Republicans	15	32
Independents	3	0

In total, 95 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 31 votes. 5 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 45–0 and Republicans 15–32. Independents split 3–0. Fetterman was among the 5 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 118th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 248.

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 James C. O'Brien to be Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs)?: Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Invoke Cloture: James C. O'Brien to be Assistant Secretary of State (European and Eurasian Affairs) on October 3, 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.