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Confirmation: John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy

March 24, 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 (62–30).

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

John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy

How the parties split

CaucusYeaNay
Democrats1130
Republicans500
Independents10

In total, 92 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 32 votes. 8 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 11–30 and Republicans 50–0. Independents split 1–0. Fetterman was among the 8 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 119th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 136.

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 John Phelan, to be Secretary of the Navy?
Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Confirmation: John Phelan, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Navy on March 24, 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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