Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kashyap Patel to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

February 20, 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 (51–47).

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

Kashyap Patel, of Nevada, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a term of ten years

How the parties split

Caucus	Yea	Nay
Democrats	0	44
Republicans	51	1
Independents	0	2

In total, 98 senators voted on this question. The question was decided by a margin of 4 votes. 2 senators did not vote. Senate Democrats split 0–44 and Republicans 51–1. 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. 60.

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 Kashyap Patel to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation?: Senator John Fetterman did not vote on Motion to Invoke Cloture: Kashyap Patel to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation on February 20, 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.