The Senate confirmed Thursday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
The Republican-controlled Senate confirmed Kennedy almost entirely according to partisanship. Another party line vote began Wednesday afternoon, and the final showdown of his controversial nomination was held hours ahead of schedule, which began the bell ringing confirmation rolling call.
Kennedy, a well-known vaccine skeptic and environmental crusador, ran for the White House in 2024 before ending his bid and ending Trump, who needed a simple majority to get confirmed by the Senate.
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is the only Republican who opposes Kennedy’s nomination. Former Republican Senate leader McConnell suffered from polio as a child and was a major supporter of the vaccine.
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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., nominee for President Donald Trump. 2025 in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Kennedy survived Late last month, Trump’s nominee led 18 powerful federal agencies that oversee U.S. food and hygiene, which has been subject to a lot of verbal fireworks in controversial comments from the past, including his recent ones. Repeated claims of the year, including his repeated claims Connect to vaccines Autism, scientific research debunks autism.
During the hearing, Democrats also summoned Kennedy’s service over the years as chairman or chief legal counsel for child health defense, a nonprofit organization he formed to advocate against vaccines and sued the federal government countless times, including in the authorization The challenge presented below Severe special infectious pneumonia vaccine Suitable for children.
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Democrats on Senate Finance Committee vote not to push Kennedy, focus is Senator Bill CassidyR-La. , Physician and Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee (Help).
Cassidy made last-minute recognition ahead of the committee-level vote, which gave Kennedy a partisan victory with a 14-13 victory to boost his confirmation.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Education, Labor and Pension Hearings pending confirmation on Capitol Hill on Thursday, January 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
Cassidy stressed at Kennedy’s confirmation hearing that “Your past faith in vaccines with unfounded or misleading arguments is my support for me,” said Cassidy. Support is doubtful.
But after talking to the nominee again, Cassidy exaggerated Kennedy’s series of commitments to him, including quarterly hearings before the Help Committee; multiple monthly meetings; the Help Committee can The board of directors selects representatives or reviews the safety of the vaccine; and the committee’s 30-day notice and hearings to conduct any changes to the safety review of the vaccine.
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“These commitments, and my expectation that we can build good working relationships to keep America healthy again, are the foundation of my support,” the senator said.
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Earlier this week, another Republican senator announced his support for the nominee by confirming Kennedy.
“After extensive public and private inquiries and a thorough review of his nomination, I will support Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Republican Sen. Susan Collins, announced Tuesday.”
Another Republican on the fence, Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski, also voted to file Kennedy’s nomination.
Murkowski noted that she continued to be “concerned about Mr. Kennedy’s view of the vaccine and his selective explanation of scientific research, but the “nominator” has done a lot to me and my colleagues. Commitment and commitment to working with Congress to ensure public access to the public. Information and based on vaccine recommendations about data-driven, evidence-based and medicinal rational research.”
Former Senate Republican leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, a major supporter of the vaccine, also voted to raise Kennedy’s nomination.
Kennedy speaks out Big medicine The food industry has also sparked controversy, saying his goal is to change the focus of the agencies he will oversee to promote a healthy lifestyle, including overhauling the dietary guidelines, aiming at goals to achieve superprocess illness.
The push is part of his campaign to “make America healthy again”.
“Our country is not destroyed because we got the marginal tax rate wrong. If we got the problem wrong, it will be destroyed,” Kennedy said, pointing out the chronic disease. “And I’m in a unique position to stop this epidemic.”
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The 71-year-old successor to the country’s wealthiest political dynasty launched a long-term campaign against then-President Joe Biden’s Democratic presidential nomination in April 2023. But six months later, he turned to an independent campaign for the White House.
Trump regularly dispatched Kennedy during his bid for independence presidents, accusing him of being a “radical left-leaning liberal” and a “democratic plant.”
Kennedy fired backwards, claiming in social media posts that Trump’s jab against him was “almost coherent wild and inaccurate claim.”
Then-format President Donald Trump welcomed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the right. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
However, Kennedy once again made the main headline when he was bidding for president last August and recognized Trump.
Kennedy has long been known as a Democrat and repeatedly cited his late father, Robert F. Kennedy, and his late uncle, former president John F. Kennedy, who was assassinated in the 1960s – Kennedy (Kennedy’s far-right leader was partly attributed to his high-profile vaccine suspicion.
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After months of criticism, Trump called Kennedy “a man who is an incredible champion of many of the values we all share.”
Trump announced shortly after the November election that he would nominate Kennedy to his cabinet to run the HHS.
The Senate confirmed the last vote for Kennedy’s nomination was on another controversial draft pick Tulsi Gabbard National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard National Intelligence The day after the day of the Commissioner Tulsi Gabbard.
Chad Pergram of Fox News contributes to this report
