RFK Jr. Clears Committee Vote, Is On Track to Become Health Secretary
RFK Jr. Clears Committee Vote, Is On Track to Become Health Secretary · The Wall Street Journal

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The Finance Committee voted to forward the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary to the full Senate. WASHINGTON—The nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department advanced Tuesday after a key swing Republican voted for the nominee in the Senate Finance Committee, likely clearing his path to confirmation. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R., La.), a medical doctor, voted with all of the committee’s Republicans to support Kennedy’s confirmation.