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

March 8, 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 (57–35).

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

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

How the parties split

CaucusYeaNay
Democrats410
Republicans1435
Independents20

In total, 92 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 22 votes. 8 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 41–0 and Republicans 14–35. Independents split 2–0. Fetterman was among the 8 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 118th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 47.

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

Did Fetterman vote to confirm 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 Confirmation: Patrice H. Kunesh, of Minnesota, to be Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services on March 8, 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.

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