WASHINGTON — Dr. Erica Schwartz got a step closer in her bid to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after a key U.S. Senate panel propelled her nomination to the Senate floor Thursday. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions voted, 13-10, to advance Schwartz’s nomination with all GOP members backing her bid. Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia was the only Democrat on the panel who voted to move her nomination forward. She transferred to the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, where she achieved the rank of rear admiral. Schwartz also served as the chief medical officer of the U.S Coast Guard and later as deputy surgeon general of the United States.