Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs

January 30, 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 (83–13).

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

Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs

How the parties split

Caucus	Yea	Nay
Democrats	29	13
Republicans	52	0
Independents	2	0

In total, 96 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 70 votes. 4 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 29–13 and Republicans 52–0. Independents split 2–0. Fetterman was among the 4 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 119th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 28.

View the official record on Senate.gov

This vote in Fetterman’s record

This site groups the vote under Cabinet & nominee confirmations. Across 907 votes in that cluster, Fetterman voted Yea 441 times and Nay 308 times, and broke with the Democratic caucus majority on 92 of them (10.1%).

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 Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs?: Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Invoke Cloture: Douglas Collins, of Georgia, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs on January 30, 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.