Confirmation hearings for Trump nominees
Two of President Trump's astir contentious nominees are Tulsi Gabbard, his prime to beryllium the manager of nationalist intelligence, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., his prime to pb the Health and Human Services Department.
After confirmation hearings past week, the Senate is expected to determination guardant with their nominations soon. But a fistful of Republicans who person lingering concerns astir them could foil oregon astatine slightest complicate their information processes. Here are the Republicans to watch.
Tulsi Gabbard
The Senate Intelligence Committee is readying to ballot connected Gabbard's information connected Tuesday. She cannot spend to suffer a azygous Republican ballot connected the committee if each members are present.

Susan Collins
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who sits connected the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Thursday evening she had not made a last determination connected Gabbard.
Prior to Thursday's hearing, Collins said she wanted clarity from Gabbard astir her presumption connected a cardinal authorities surveillance authority, known arsenic Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Gabbard, who sought to repeal the arguable instrumentality that authorizes the U.S. authorities to cod the communications of foreigners overseas without a warrant, has since reversed her stance. But Collins said past week that Gabbard's effect to her pre-hearing questions were "hedged and unclear."
Lisa Murkowski
Like Collins, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is different Republican who has been consenting to interruption with her enactment connected contentious votes. Collins and Murkowski were 2 of the 3 Republicans who voted against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's confirmation.
Mitch McConnell
Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was the 3rd Republican who voted against Hegseth and has galore opposing views with Gabbard, including the arguable positions she's taken connected Ukraine, Russia and Section 702.
Todd Young
Sen. Todd Young, an Indiana Republican, was among the senators connected the Senate Intelligence Committee who appeared unsatisfied with Gabbard's answers connected National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden.
"I deliberation it would befit you and beryllium adjuvant to the mode you are perceived by members of the quality assemblage if you would astatine slightest admit that the top whistleblower successful American past — truthful called — harmed nationalist information by breaking the laws of the onshore astir our intel authorities," helium said astatine the hearing.
Jerry Moran
Sen. Jerry Moran, a Kansas Republican, expressed interest during the confirmation proceeding astir however Gabbard would grip Russia.
"I privation to marque definite that successful nary mode does Russia get a walk successful either your caput oregon your heart, oregon successful immoderate argumentation proposal you would marque oregon not make," helium said.
Gabbard told Moran she was "offended by the question," and said "no country, radical oregon idiosyncratic volition get a pass." She besides vowed to beryllium "completely objective, unbiased and apolitical."
Moran told Gabbard helium was pleased with her answer.
John Curtis
Late Thursday, Republican Sen. John Curtis of Utah, who was sworn into the Senate successful January, issued a noteworthy connection connected Gabbard's information that indicated helium could perchance reason her.
"With Ms. Gabbard, I person said that it was similar having a expanse of euphony that was missing notes," helium said. "I had hoped that listening to the proceeding contiguous that she would capable successful those gaps. Frankly, determination are galore notes inactive missing and a fig of sour notes and awkward silences that simply don't ringing existent arsenic a governmental doctrine connected captious nationalist information issues. I permission today's proceeding with much questions than answers. Some of her responses, and non-responses, created much disorder than clarity and lone deepened my concerns astir her judgement and what that volition mean successful this captious role."
Curtis, who is not a subordinate of the Senate Intelligence Committee but attended Gabbard's confirmation hearing, added that helium would "carefully" reappraisal her grounds earlier making a last determination connected his vote.
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

The Senate Finance Committee is scheduled Tuesday to instrumentality up the information of Kennedy for Health and Human Services secretary. Kennedy underwent 2 confirmation hearings, 1 connected the Senate Finance Committee, and 1 connected the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Bill Cassidy
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana was a doc for 3 decades, and successful that time, helium helped vaccinate galore children against Hepatitis B. The Republican legislator didn't fell his superior concerns implicit Kennedy's positions connected vaccines. Kennedy sits connected the Senate Finance Committee, which volition determine whether to ballot Kennedy retired of committee.
Kennedy successful the past repeated the mendacious accusation that vaccines are tied to autism and has blasted galore vaccines arsenic unsafe.
Cassidy made it wide during 1 of Kennedy's hearings past week that Kennedy would person to enactment for his vote. Cassidy told Kennedy he's been "struggling with your nomination" implicit his vaccine skepticism. The Republican legislator said a person precocious texted him that 2 children died successful a infirmary successful Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from vaccine-preventable diseases this past month.
"So my interest is that if there's immoderate mendacious note, immoderate undermining of a mama's spot successful vaccines, different idiosyncratic volition dice from a vaccine-preventable disease," Cassidy said.
Cassidy and Kennedy spoke Sunday, according to a root acquainted with the situation.
Lisa Murkowski
Moderate Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is simply a Republican to ticker if oregon erstwhile Kennedy's information advances to the Senate floor.
Murkowski has besides voiced hesitation implicit Kennedy's past positions connected vaccines. Ahead of Kennedy's confirmation hearings, Murkowksi said she inactive had concerns.
"Well I'm surely acrophobic astir it. I cognize others person other, different points of concerns that they privation to drill down connected and effort to get immoderate commitments, nationalist commitments, from him on," Murkowski said. "But vaccines are important."
Susan Collins
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is different Republican to ticker if Kennedy's confirmation moves forward. Collins, different mean and the lone subordinate of either enclosure from New England who is simply a Republican, is besides viewed arsenic a cardinal plaything vote.
Collins has challenged Kennedy connected his anticipation to determination immoderate backing distant from infectious illness research, and pressed Kennedy astir his past statements connected vaccines. Collins voiced interest that less vaccinated children could mean losing alleged herd immunity.
Hundreds of Maine wellness attraction professionals past week submitted a missive to Collins, urging her to reason Kennedy's nomination, calling him "dangerous."
Mitch McConnell
Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a polio subsister who inactive deals with ramifications from the illness helium contracted successful childhood, is besides a Republican to ticker connected Kennedy.
The Kentucky Republican is simply a beardown advocator of vaccines, and helium has warned Kennedy against undermining them.
"The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives and held retired the committedness of eradicating a unspeakable disease," McConnell has said. "Efforts to undermine nationalist assurance successful proven cures are not conscionable uninformed — they're dangerous. Anyone seeking the Senate's consent to service successful the incoming medication would bash good to steer wide of adjacent the quality of relation with specified efforts."
After McConnell voted against Hegseth, Mr. Trump indicated McConnell opposed immoderate of his nominations, saying "of people Mitch is ever a nary vote, I guess."
Grace Kazarian and Alan He contributed to this report.
Caitlin Yilek is simply a authorities newsman astatine CBSNews.com, based successful Washington, D.C. She antecedently worked for the Washington Examiner and The Hill, and was a subordinate of the 2022 Paul Miller Washington Reporting Fellowship with the National Press Foundation.