Sen­ate Finance Com­mit­tee Votes to Advance RFK Jr.

The Sen­ate Finance Com­mit­tee vot­ed to advance Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s con­fir­ma­tion as Sec­re­tary of the Depart­ment of Health and Human Ser­vices on Tues­day. 

Kennedy received the 14–13 vote nec­es­sary to move for­ward. The vote fell along par­ty lines.

Sen­a­tor Bill Cas­sidy of Louisiana vot­ed for Kennedy, although he was the only Repub­li­can to express hes­i­ta­tion about his con­fir­ma­tion. Cas­sidy, a med­ical doc­tor, took issue with Kennedy’s pre­vi­ous stance on vac­cines. 

“With the seri­ous com­mit­ments I’ve received from the admin­is­tra­tion and the oppor­tu­ni­ty to make progress on the issues we agree on like healthy foods and a pro-Amer­i­can agen­da, I will vote yes,” Cas­sidy post­ed on X Tues­day morn­ing. 

Kennedy faced two days of hear­ings before the Sen­ate Finance Com­mit­tee on Jan­u­ary 29 and 30, where he faced ques­tions about his view of vac­cines, abor­tion, and food. 

Kennedy will need to win the major­i­ty of the Senate’s votes to become HHS sec­re­tary. The full Sen­ate has yet to sched­ule their vote to con­firm Kennedy.  

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