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

March 10, 2025 · 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 (67–32).

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

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

How the parties split

CaucusYeaNay
Democrats1727
Republicans503
Independents02

In total, 99 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 35 votes. 1 senator did not vote. Senate Democrats split 17–27 and Republicans 50–3. Independents split 0–2. Fetterman was the only senator who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 119th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 111.

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

Did Fetterman vote to confirm Lori Chavez-DeRemer, to be Secretary of Labor?
Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Confirmation: Lori Chavez-DeRemer, of Oregon, to be Secretary of Labor on March 10, 2025. 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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