119th Congress
Roll call 588
PN520-5
Judges & the courts

Confirmation: Rebecca L. Taibleson, of Wisconsin, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit

October 27, 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 (52–46).

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

Rebecca L. Taibleson, of Wisconsin, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit

How the parties split

Caucus	Yea	Nay
Democrats	0	44
Republicans	52	0
Independents	0	2

In total, 98 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 6 votes. 2 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 0–44 and Republicans 52–0. 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. 588.

View the official record on Senate.gov

This vote in Fetterman’s record

This site groups the vote under Judges & the courts. Across 397 votes in that cluster, Fetterman voted Yea 208 times and Nay 94 times, and broke with the Democratic caucus majority on 8 of them (2%).

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 Rebecca L. Taibleson, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit?: Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Confirmation: Rebecca L. Taibleson, of Wisconsin, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit on October 27, 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.