Senators voted on party lines Tuesday to advance the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next U.S. health secretary.
The vote by the Senate Finance committee was 14-13 in favor of sending the nomination to the full Senate for consideration. All 14 Republicans on the committee voted in favor of the nomination; all 13 Democrats opposed it.
The 14 “yea” votes included Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, MD, a physician who was seen as a potential swing vote against Kennedy’s nomination.
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