The Senate Finance Committee voted on Tuesday morning to advance the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the full U.S. Senate to be President Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services in a strictly partisan vote. All 14 GOP senators voted for Kennedy; all 13 Democrat senators voted no. Moments before the vote, Sen. …
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The Senate Finance Committee voted on Tuesday morning to advance the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the full U.S. Senate to be President Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services in a strictly partisan vote. All 14 GOP senators voted for Kennedy; all 13 Democrat senators voted no.
Moments before the vote, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) announced that Kennedy had won his support in the hearings, crediting Vice President JD Vance. Cassidy, a doctor, was considered one of the biggest obstacles to his confirmation.