RFK Jr. Health Secretary Nomination Moves Forward in Senate

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead the Health and Human Services Department advanced out of the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday, bringing the pick one step closer to a floor vote.

Members of the panel voted along party lines to move the nomination forward. The panel has a narrow Republican majority of 14 to 13 Democrats, and just one Republican defector could’ve stalled the nomination in committee.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), the chair of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and a member of Senate Finance, ultimately voted for the HHS-pick despite overt concern of Kennedy’s previous anti-vaccination remarks. ...