Kennedy managed to allay the concerns of several key GOP senators over his anti-vaccine activism. Mitch McConnell was the lone Republican to vote against him.
Tulsi Gabbard was sworn in as President Trump’s director of national intelligence hours after the Senate voted to confirm her nomination. One Republican, Mitch McConnell, joined all Democrats in opposition.
The U.S. Senate has approved Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Donald Trump's new Health and Human Services secretary. Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell was the only Republican to vote against RFK's appointment.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr overcame some initial Republican skepticism to be confirmed as Secretary of Health and Human Services. GOP Senator Mitch McConnell was the lone Republican to vote against him. NBC News' Ryan Nobles reports.
The Senate last week confirmed anti-vaccine activist Robert F.. Kennedy Jr. to head the U.S. Health and Human Services Department on a party-line vote, with Mitch McConnell the only Republican voting against the controversial appointee opposed by every Democratic Senator.
The Senate Thursday confirmed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services secretary, putting a noted vaccine skeptic in charge of America's massive public health system. The 52-48 vote was mostly along party lines,
"I will not condone the re-litigation of proven cures," said McConnell, the lone Republican to oppose Kennedy's confirmation.
Cure long COVID. You made it. There are any number of reasons you should not have been confirmed, but Republicans were afraid to buck Trump. They voted in lockstep (except polio survivor Mitch McConnell,
President Donald Trump slammed former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, who voted against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to lead the Health and Human Services Department.
Mitch McConnell notably voted 'No' for President Donald Trump's latest cabinet appointee, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was confirmed as HHS secretary in a 52-48 Senate vote, with GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell voting no.