118th Congress
Roll call 336
PN904
Judges & the courts

Confirmation: Richard E.N. Federico, of Kansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit

December 11, 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 (61–29).

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

Richard E.N. Federico, of Kansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit

How the parties split

Caucus	Yea	Nay
Democrats	42	0
Republicans	16	29
Independents	3	0

In total, 90 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 32 votes. 10 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 42–0 and Republicans 16–29. Independents split 3–0. Fetterman was among the 10 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 118th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 336.

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

Did Fetterman vote to confirm Richard E.N. Federico, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit?: Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Confirmation: Richard E.N. Federico, of Kansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit on December 11, 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.