Senate to vote on RFK Jr.'s confirmation as HHS secretary (1 Viewer)

[Politics - CBSNews.com]

Washington — The Senate appears poised to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Thursday, following weeks of questions surrounding whether the controversial nominee would win the Senate's approval.

After all Republicans voted to advance Kennedy's nomination in a procedural vote Wednesday, the final vote is scheduled for Thursday morning.

Kennedy, 71, is a longtime environmental lawyer and anti-vaccine activist whose family has mythic status in Democratic politics. The nephew of President John...

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