118th Congress
Roll call 46
PN162
Health care & abortion

Motion to Invoke Cloture: Patrice H. Kunesh to be Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services

March 7, 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 (62–34).

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

Patrice H. Kunesh, of Minnesota, to be Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services

How the parties split

Caucus	Yea	Nay
Democrats	45	0
Republicans	14	34
Independents	3	0

In total, 96 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 28 votes. 4 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 45–0 and Republicans 14–34. 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. 46.

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 Patrice H. Kunesh to be Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services?: Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Invoke Cloture: Patrice H. Kunesh to be Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services on March 7, 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.