119th Congress
Roll call 48
PN11-18
Jobs, taxes & the economy

Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Kelly Loeffler

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 (53–45).

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

Kelly Loeffler, of Georgia, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration

How the parties split

Caucus	Yea	Nay
Democrats	0	43
Republicans	53	0
Independents	0	2

In total, 98 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 8 votes. 2 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 0–43 and Republicans 53–0. Independents split 0–2. Fetterman was among the 2 senators who did not vote.

Primary source

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote — 119th Congress, Session 1, Vote No. 48.

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 Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Kelly Loeffler?: Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Proceed to Executive Session to Consider the Nomination of Kelly Loeffler 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.