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

March 30, 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 (63–27).

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

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

How the parties split

CaucusYeaNay
Democrats460
Republicans1527
Independents20

In total, 90 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 36 votes. 10 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 46–0 and Republicans 15–27. Independents split 2–0. Fetterman was among the 10 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 118th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 82.

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

Did Fetterman vote to confirm Laura Taylor-Kale, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense?
Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Confirmation: Laura Taylor-Kale, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense on March 30, 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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