Did Fetterman vote to confirm Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session?

Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session on February 6, 2025. The measure’s outcome was: Motion to Proceed Agreed to.

119th Congress
Roll call 45
PN11-9
Jobs, taxes & the economy

Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session

February 6, 2025 · On the Motion to Proceed

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 to Proceed Agreed to (51–46).

What kind of vote this was

This was a vote on a motion to proceed — a vote on whether the Senate takes up the measure for consideration. Approval required a simple majority.

What this vote was about

Howard Lutnick, of New York, to be Secretary of Commerce

How the parties split

Caucus	Yea	Nay
Democrats	0	44
Republicans	51	0
Independents	0	2

In total, 97 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 5 votes. 3 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 0–44 and Republicans 51–0. Independents split 0–2. Fetterman was among the 3 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 119th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 45.

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 Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session?: Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Proceed to Legislative Session on February 6, 2025. The measure’s outcome was: Motion to Proceed Agreed to.
Did Fetterman vote with his party on this?: Fetterman did not cast a vote on this question.