118th Congress
Roll call 33
PN170
Judges & the courts

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Colleen R. Lawless to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of Illinois

March 1, 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 (53–43).

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

Colleen R. Lawless, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois

How the parties split

Caucus	Yea	Nay
Democrats	45	0
Republicans	5	43
Independents	3	0

In total, 96 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 10 votes. 4 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 45–0 and Republicans 5–43. 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. 33.

View the official record on Senate.gov

This vote in Fetterman’s record

This site groups the vote under Judges & the courts. Across 397 votes in that cluster, Fetterman voted Yea 208 times and Nay 94 times, and broke with the Democratic caucus majority on 8 of them (2%).

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 Colleen R. Lawless to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of Illinois?: Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Invoke Cloture: Colleen R. Lawless to be U.S. District Judge for the Central District of Illinois on March 1, 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.