Vice President Kamala Harris gave the deciding vote on Thursday, confirming Boston's top prosecutor Rachael Rollins as Massachusetts' first Black woman U.S. attorney. According to AP News, Rollins earned her new position by a 51-50 vote after weeks of voting. The Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing's vote in September left in an 11-11 tie along party lines which resulted in Wednesday's final vote. Amid fierce Republican opposition, the U.S. Senate voted 51-50 to confirm Rachael Rollins to become Massachusetts' top federal prosecutor, marking the first time in decades the Senate was forced to hold a roll-call vote on a U.S. attorney nominee https://t.co/3finh4VMHi pic.twitter.com/O9GFIDC7S0 — Reuters Legal (@ReutersLegal) December 8, 2021 Rollins responded to the news via a statement saying that she was "honored and humbled" to be granted the opportunity to deliver “data-driven, evidence-based approaches” on the federal level. The famed prosecutor, who hails from Suffolk County, says...
