Robert Kennedy allies fear he is losing US Senate support

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s allies fear that he has failed to convince sufficient senators to confirm him as Donald Trump’s top health officer, according to people known.

KennedyKnown as RFK JR, later this week, Democrats and Republicans were meeting with the last -minute meeting by the finances and health committees of the Senate, three said. He has met with more than 60 Senators since his nomination.

A person close to Kennedy said, “Now there is more concern than ever.” “This is a big week: If the vote is today then it will happen. To overcome all the negativity there, we need to speed up this week “”

Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board and Americans’ Advanced Freedom have been opposed to the Kennedy nomination from influential conservative vocals, a co-founded team of former Vice-President Mike Pence who has expressed concern over the support of ex-Democrat for ex-Democrat AbortionThe

Investment Bank Raymond James’ Washington’s policy analyst Chris Macons said, “What is strange with RFK is the perfect amount of Maybes that we see and where they have come – he is one of the two endangered nominees,”.

Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins and Lisa Mokovsky are considered as obvious candidates to oppose the Kennedy nomination. All three voted against Trump’s Defense Secretary’s nominee Pete Hegsheth last week Senate confirmation Vice-president JD Vance is just a single tiebreaking vote.

However, his pressure and biomedical research funds to support Kennedy and to shake the food industry were also a possible source of opponents of the Republican, the people of his camp acknowledged the support of Kennedy for abortion.

Republican senators like Pro-Life Senators, Tod Young and Thom Tillis, including James Lankeford, who are close to the pharmaceutical industry and a large agricultural industry in their state, such as John Whoven, was at risk of Kennedy.

A Young spokesman said the Indiana Senator had a “extremely positive” meeting with Kennedy in December. Representatives for others did not respond to requests for comments.

“These are the most consequent confirmation hearing for anyone [Health and Human Services] The Secretary we have probably seen for many decades, “said Mecins.

Kennedy, a vocal vaccine skeptical and critics of the pharmaceutical industry, a broad division with 5 sections and agencies and will control the budget of $ 1.8TN if confirmed.

A representative from Kennedy said they had “complete confidence” that he would win the Senate vote.

The prophecy Market Polymerket Kennedy gives the Treasury Secretary for the Treasury Secretary for the nominees like Trump’s picking Scott Besent, with an 80 percent chance of being confirmed compared to about 100 percent. His nominee Tulsi Gabbard as the detective director was only 5 percent.

Kennedy has stirred the controversy for his previous opponents against some children’s vaccines, MMR shots and Covid -19 Jobs, though he softened these positions in favor of the Senators.

He also earned $ 11.6 million from the vaccine case in the last two years and said that he would do Put the share of 10 percent Mark’s Gardasil Vaccin is in any airflow of the case against the vaccine. His nearest adviser – Lawyer Aaron Siri – also made a case by trying to withdraw the most used polio vaccine.

Polio survived McConnell Kennedy Antivax issued comments, warning in December that reducing confidence in “proven cure” was “dangerous”. Representatives of McConnell and Hegastath Voting Murkovsky and Colinis colleagues did not respond to the comment.

People close to him said the vow to ban high-fructose corn syrup was also concerned with the Senators with the states of the agricultural area, and close to him.

Democratic Senators like Sheldon White House and John Faters support Kennedy’s nomination, possible, possible. No senator responded to the request to comment.

Washington’s interior mentions that the week -long delay in Kennedy’s Senate hearing also indicates some anxiety that he does not have adequate support.

“When it is all the potters, the hearing is on your encouragement to move forward. The delay is not your friend, “Former Health Policy Director of the Senate Health Committee, David Bowen says.” First of all, he will hide in a close vote. “