Trump sur­geon gen­er­al pick advances in Sen­ate after year of vac­cine feuds

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s nom­i­nee for sur­geon gen­er­al, Nicole Saphi­er, was approved by the Sen­ate Com­mit­tee on Health, Edu­ca­tion, Labor and Pen­sions after con­vinc­ing key Repub­li­can sen­a­tors that she sup­ports child­hood vac­cines, a stance that puts her at odds with oth­er parts of the Trump polit­i­cal coali­tion.
Saphi­er, a radi­ol­o­gist spe­cial­iz­ing in breast can­cer and a for­mer Fox News con­trib­u­tor, was con­firmed by the com­mit­tee along par­ti­san lines, 12–11, on Wednes­day, with no Democ­rats agree­ing to move her can­di­da­cy to the full Sen­ate for a final vote. The com­mit­tee vote was orig­i­nal­ly sched­uled for Sept. 24 but was post­poned due to com­mit­tee atten­dance con­flicts.

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