The White House’s bid to install a vaccine-skeptic ally of HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. atop the CDC fell apart this week.

The nomination was withdrawn just before Weldon was scheduled to testify at his confirmation hearing Thursday morning before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. Axios first reported the news.

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

"This false choice that some are buying instead of fighting is unacceptable,” Rep. Nancy Pelosi said as Schumer cast his vote for an extreme GOP spending bill.

Dozens of House Democrats signed on to a pair of letters to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Friday, urging him to oppose the House GOP’s government funding bill as the upper chamber prepares to take a key procedural vote on the measure.

House Democrats were gathered in Virginia for their annual issues conference when they received the news that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was planning to vote to advance a GOP-spending bill.