118th Congress
Roll call 292
PN649
Health care & abortion

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Monica M. Bertagnolli to be Director of the National Institutes of Health

November 6, 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 (59–32).

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

Monica M. Bertagnolli, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health

How the parties split

Caucus	Yea	Nay
Democrats	45	0
Republicans	12	31
Independents	2	1

In total, 91 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 27 votes. 9 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 45–0 and Republicans 12–31. Independents split 2–1. Fetterman was among the 9 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 118th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 292.

View the official record on Senate.gov

This vote in Fetterman’s record

This site groups the vote under Health care & abortion. Across 69 votes in that cluster, Fetterman voted Yea 34 times and Nay 31 times, and broke with the Democratic caucus majority on 1 of them (1.4%).

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 Monica M. Bertagnolli to be Director of the National Institutes of Health?: Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Invoke Cloture: Monica M. Bertagnolli to be Director of the National Institutes of Health on November 6, 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.