[Jonty30]

I searched the basic answer. I didn’t look for any loopholes that might work around the rules. So, there could be applicable rules that work around what I said. I do not know that.

If it is a floor vote, you have to be there to vote. If you are unable to vote, because you are in the hospital, the other side might be willing to do a courtesy and have one member sit out the vote to keep it balanced. You are allowed to vote in absence if you are serving on committees.

There is no legal way to replace Fetterman if he is unwilling to resign over health reasons. He cannot be made to resign, he must do it voluntarily.

If he does resign or dies in office, the Governor would appoint an interim replacement and usually replaces a sitting member with somebody of the same party. A Dem for a Dem or a Rep for a Rep.

https://bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/what-if-a-member-of-congress-is-severely-incapacitated-and-cannot-perform-the-duties-of-the-job/

[Alberta's Child]

So the best thing for America is for this brain-damaged ogre to be institutionalized for the next six years … while refusing to step down.

It would be a good lesson for the retarded voters of Pennsylvania to learn.

[FoxInSocks]

I’ve heard that a replacement would be on the ballot in the next senatorial election — in this case 2024.

[Palio di Siena]

Thank you.
I doubt the democrats would be willing to sit one member out to keep it
balanced if roles were reversed.