White House Pulls CDC Pick Who Was Facing Senate Defeat (1)

The Trump administration withdrew the nomination of Dave Weldonfor the top job at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as it grew clear there were not enough Senate votes to confirm him.

Weldon, a physician and vaccine critic, was set to go before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on Thursday morning. The HELP committee canceled the hearing less than an hour before it was set to begin.

Afterward, Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who leads the committee, said “there were not the votes” to confirm Weldon.

Weldon’s interviews with Republican staff ahead of the hearing ...