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Vance Amdt. No. 1210

October 25, 2023 · On the Amendment

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 Amendment Agreed to (59–38).

What kind of vote this was

This was a vote on an amendment — a proposed change to the text of the underlying measure. Approval required a simple majority.

What this vote was about

To prohibit funds appropriated for the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2024 from being used to enforce a mask mandate in response to the COVID-19 virus.

How the parties split

CaucusYeaNay
Democrats1036
Republicans480
Independents12

In total, 97 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 21 votes. 3 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 10–36 and Republicans 48–0. Independents split 1–2. Fetterman was among the 3 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 118th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 266.

View the official record on Senate.gov

This vote in Fetterman’s record

This site groups the vote under Procedural & other votes. Across 417 votes in that cluster, Fetterman voted Yea 245 times and Nay 150 times, and broke with the Democratic caucus majority on 45 of them (10.8%).

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 Vance Amdt. No. 1210?
Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Vance Amdt. No. 1210 on October 25, 2023. The measure’s outcome was: Amendment Agreed to.
Did Fetterman vote with his party on this?
Fetterman did not cast a vote on this question.

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