BioPharma Dive February 4, 2025
Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy joined his Republican colleagues in voting to advance Kennedy’s nomination to a vote by the full Senate.
A key congressional committee voted Tuesday to advance to a full Senate vote the nomination of prominent vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the next U.S. health secretary.
The 14-13 vote by the Senate Finance Committee was along party lines, with all 14 Republicans on the panel voting in favor of Kennedy. Among them was Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., a physician who said in a hearing last week that he was “struggling” with his vote because of Kennedy’s many controversial claims about vaccines.
Cassidy said in a statement on X that he decided to vote yes after “very...
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