Politico February 5, 2025
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THE CONVINCING OF CASSIDY — After a nail-biting vote from the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is one step closer to becoming secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Chelsea reports with POLITICO’s Daniel Payne.
The key to Kennedy’s advancement was a “yes” vote from Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), a doctor-turned-senator who previously said he was conflicted about Kennedy and grilled the nominee about his earlier assertions that widely accepted vaccines are unsafe.
Now, Cassidy expects to have “a great working relationship to make America healthy again” with Kennedy.
Here’s what happened: Cassidy said in a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday he decided to vote “yes” to advance President Donald...
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