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Motion to Instruct the Sergeant at Arms to Request the Presence of Absentee Senators

November 19, 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 (41–26).

What this vote was about

Mustafa Taher Kasubhai, of Oregon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Oregon

How the parties split

CaucusYeaNay
Democrats370
Republicans026
Independents40

In total, 67 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 15 votes. 33 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 37–0 and Republicans 0–26. Independents split 4–0. Fetterman was among the 33 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 118th Congress, Session 2, Vote No. 283.

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 Instruct the Sergeant at Arms to Request the Presence of Absentee Senators?
Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Instruct the Sergeant at Arms to Request the Presence of Absentee Senators on November 19, 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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