Two years and a few weeks ago, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke at an anti-vaccine mandate rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. On Wednesday, the Senate voted to advance Kennedy’s nomination for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, putting him at the helm of public health infrastructure in the U.S.
Only a final Senate vote now stands between Kennedy and the most powerful health position in the country. That vote will likely take place later this month.
Senators voted on party lines, 53-47.