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U.S. Senator · Pennsylvania
John Fetterman
DemocratState R+1119th Congress
Typical swing score86#2 of 100 senators across tracked bills
Contact John Fetterman’s office
Official D.C. office details from the congress-legislators datasetWashington, D.C. office142 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
Signals to watch
What in this member’s state, record and ideology could move them, and in which direction. Their score is the same on every bill they haven’t committed to, so these are the things to watch.Could pull them toward Republicans · 4 signals
- StrongBacks 10 Republican-led tracked billsSponsor or active cosponsor of 10 of the 865 tracked bills that were introduced by Republicans: S. 5, S. 222, S. 645, S. 1020, S. 1547 and 5 more.
- Strong2nd most moderate of 47 Senate DemocratsDW-NOMINATE -0.177 vs. the Senate Democratic median of -0.356: 0.179 toward the Republicans (rank 2 of 47 by distance toward the Republicans).
- MediumLCV 80 vs. Senate Democratic avg 96LCV (2025, higher = stronger pro-environment record) scored this member 80; the Senate Democratic average is 95.6 (n=47). That is 16 points toward the Republicans.
- MediumPennsylvania leans R+1: a Democrat in a Republican-leaning statePennsylvania has a partisan lean of R+1 (25% 2020 / 75% 2024 presidential two-party vote vs. the nation). Members whose seat favors the other party face pressure to moderate.
Term and election
From the congress-legislators dataset- Current term
- January 3, 2023 – January 3, 2029
- Senate class
- Class 3
- Seniority
- Senior senator
- Next election
- November 7, 2028
- Years in office
- 3.8 years
Committees
Seats on a bill’s committee of referral add a in swing-v3- Commission on Security and Cooperation in EuropeMinority · 3rd in seniority
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and ForestryMinority · 9th in seniority
- Subcommittee on Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
- Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
- Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationMinority · 11th in seniority
Voting ideology
first dimension, from VoteviewD median
R median
Fetterman← More liberal (−1)More conservative (+1) →
Their score of -0.177 is 0.18 to the right of the Senate Democratic median (-0.356).
Advocacy scorecards
Their rating vs. the Senate Democratic average- 119th Congress0Senate Democratic average: 0 (n=47)
Swing score by bill
swing-v3 · a bill marks a member as committed to itShowing 101–150 of 845 tracked bills, best swing first
| Bill | Their role | Swing score · | |
|---|---|---|---|
| H.R. 8874Homeland Security Capabilities Preservation Reporting Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov | No position yet | 93
| Swing |
| H.R. 8880Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act of 2026Summary on Congress.gov |