{"id":2397200,"date":"2025-01-30T18:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T23:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-gets-great-confirmation-news-after-his-hearing-draws-to-a-close\/"},"modified":"2025-01-30T18:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T23:32:10","slug":"rfk-jr-gets-great-confirmation-news-after-his-hearing-draws-to-a-close","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-gets-great-confirmation-news-after-his-hearing-draws-to-a-close\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr. Gets Great Confirmation News After His Hearing Draws to a Close"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frfk-jr-gets-great-confirmation-news-after-his-hearing-draws-to-a-close%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2397200&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Robert \u2063F.\u200c kennedy Jr.&#8217;s nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services is still uncertain, but his prospects have improved following positive remarks from \u200cSenator Susan Collins, a pivotal voter in the senate. \u200bCollins noted that Kennedy performed well during his hearings, even though she\u200d has not reviewed all of his responses. \u2064Kennedy faces skepticism from Republican senators, especially from Senator Bill Cassidy, who has questioned\u200d him \u2064about vaccines and expressed concern over his vague \u200bresponses. \u200dCassidy\u2019s vote could \u200bbe crucial\u200d to Kennedy&#8217;s confirmation, given his influential position as chair \u2063of the Senate Committee on health, Education, labor, and Pensions. Kennedy&#8217;s \u2063nomination is considered contentious, with support from some conservatives\u200b being tentative due to his family background and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">previous political associations<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-u-s-citizens-trapped-by-taliban-in-kabul-as-state-department-demands-foreign-nationals-be-allowed-to-leave\/\" title=\"Report: U.S. Citizens Trapped By Taliban In Kabul As State Department Demands Foreign Nationals Be Allowed To Leave\">situation remains fluid<\/a> as Kennedy attempts to \u200bgarner bipartisan support in a politically \u2062charged habitat.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is far from confirmed as secretary of Health and Human Services, but the prognosis got better on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/manchin-under-pressure-to-tank-biden-health-care-nominee\/\" title=\"Manchin Under Pressure to Tank Biden Health Care Nominee\">key swing vote<\/a> in the Senate, reportedly told CNN&rsquo;s Manu Raju that Kennedy handled himself well in his hearings so far.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s great news coming from the senator, but Collins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">hasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t seen all of Kennedy&rsquo;s testimony, and the nominee still has some GOP doubters to overcome.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Susan Collins seems satisfied with RFK Jr&rsquo;s answers to her questions but said she needs to review the rest of his responses since she was also at the Tulsi Gabbard hearing.<\/p>\n<p>On RFK Jr: &ldquo;He answered my questions well,&rdquo; she told me.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1885030307218206789?\">January 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Susan Collins seems satisfied with RFK Jr&rsquo;s answers to her questions but said she needs to review the rest of his responses since she was also at the Tulsi Gabbard hearing,&rdquo; Raju wrote in a post on the social media platform X.<\/p>\n<p>Collins is generally considered one of the Senate Republicans most likely to oppose President Donald Trump on the tough votes &mdash; she was one of only three GOP senators who voted against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jd-vance-casts-tie-breaker-vote-confirming-pete-hegseth-secretary-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nomination of Pete Hegseth<\/a> for secretary of defense. (The others were regular Republican hemorrhoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-murkowski-mcconnells-money-picks-democrat-alaska-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lisa Murkowski<\/a> of Alaska and former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.)<\/p>\n<p>Still, just for his nomination to be approved by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Kennedy might have more problems with another senator Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-calls-republican-senator-one-worst-senators-united-states-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clashed with publicly<\/a> in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Bill Cassidy, the Louisiana Republican who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/general\/committee_membership\/committee_memberships_SSHR.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chairs the committee<\/a> and is himself a physician, grilled Kennedy on Thursday about his views on vaccines, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/rfk-confirmation-vaccines-health-kennedy-cassidy-248bfb16aa3a2a117efa54a2a3be920e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy, according to the AP, repeatedly asked Kennedy to repudiate the idea that measles and hepatitis B vaccines could cause autism, the AP reported, but Kennedy would only hedge.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If the data is there, I will absolutely do that,&rdquo; he said, leaving the clear impression that he is not convinced.<\/p>\n<p>As the hearing closed, Cassidy told Kennedy he was &ldquo;struggling&rdquo; with whether to vote for his confirmation, the AP reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Cassidy could single-handedly derail the nomination by voting NO in committee. He hasn&rsquo;t said how he would vote. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vSRDg7uiFJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/vSRDg7uiFJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1885034247729066119?\">January 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Cassidy could single-handedly derail the nomination by voting NO in committee,&rdquo; Raju wrote in another X post. &ldquo;He hasn&rsquo;t said how he would vote.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy has taken positions in the past that infuriate conservatives, such as supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-report-gun-legislation-deal-reached-10-gop-senators-responsible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gun control legislation<\/a>, and he was one of only seven Republicans to vote for a conviction when Democrats impeached Trump for the second time. (That was a move that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/state-gop-blasts-republican-voted-convict-trump-fallen-trap-laid-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">got him censured<\/a> by his own state Republican Party.)<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s all shaping up to be a showdown for the nomination for Kennedy, who is a lightning rod on both sides politically.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives have grounds for distrusting a member of the Kennedy dynasty who spent his entire life, until about five minutes ago, as a member in good standing of the liberal elite &mdash; a little eccentric for the left&rsquo;s taste maybe, but a scion of royalty nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>His MAGA credentials are, to put it charitably, scant.<\/p>\n<p>And on the left, liberals, who generally genuflect at the mere mention of the Kennedy name, basically spit fire when it comes to RFK Jr. because of his politics-makes-strange-bedfellows arrangement with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>His nomination as DHS secretary has been one of Trump&rsquo;s dicier picks &mdash; along with Hegseth and former Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-democratic-senator-flies-off-handle-tulsi-gabbard-wont-agree-ukraine-edward-snowden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tulsi Gabbard&rsquo;s bid<\/a> to be Director of National Intelligence &mdash; and how it plays out remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>There&rsquo;s no doubt, though, that with Collins expressing openness to supporting him &mdash; at least at this stage &mdash; his chances just got better.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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