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Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be Secretary of Labor

March 6, 2025 · 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 (66–30).

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

Lori Chavez-DeRemer, of Oregon, to be Secretary of Labor

How the parties split

CaucusYeaNay
Democrats1527
Republicans511
Independents02

In total, 96 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 36 votes. 4 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 15–27 and Republicans 51–1. Independents split 0–2. Fetterman was among the 4 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 119th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 109.

View the official record on Senate.gov

This vote in Fetterman’s record

This site groups the vote under Jobs, taxes & the economy. Across 117 votes in that cluster, Fetterman voted Yea 51 times and Nay 49 times, and broke with the Democratic caucus majority on 8 of them (6.8%).

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 Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be Secretary of Labor?
Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Invoke Cloture: Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be Secretary of Labor on March 6, 2025. 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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