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Motion to Invoke Cloture: Laura Taylor-Kale to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense

March 15, 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 (68–26).

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

Laura Taylor-Kale, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense

How the parties split

CaucusYeaNay
Democrats460
Republicans1926
Independents30

In total, 94 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 42 votes. 6 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 46–0 and Republicans 19–26. Independents split 3–0. Fetterman was among the 6 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 118th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 59.

View the official record on Senate.gov

This vote in Fetterman’s record

This site groups the vote under Defense, military & veterans. Across 169 votes in that cluster, Fetterman voted Yea 76 times and Nay 67 times, and broke with the Democratic caucus majority on 45 of them (26.6%).

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 Laura Taylor-Kale to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense?
Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Invoke Cloture: Laura Taylor-Kale to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense on March 15, 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.

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