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Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session

November 18, 2024 · On the 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 Motion Agreed to (48–39).

What this vote was about

Embry J. Kidd, of Florida, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit

How the parties split

CaucusYeaNay
Democrats460
Republicans039
Independents20

In total, 87 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 9 votes. 13 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 46–0 and Republicans 0–39. Independents split 2–0. Fetterman was among the 13 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 118th Congress, Session 2, Vote No. 265.

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 Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session?
Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session on November 18, 2024. The measure’s outcome was: Motion Agreed to.
Did Fetterman vote with his party on this?
Fetterman did not cast a vote on this question.

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