Senate Democrats needed Vice President Kamala Harris’ vote to confirm Rachael Rollins Wednesday as the top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts after unusual partisan rancor compared to prior U.S. attorney appointments.
Rollins, currently the chief prosecutor in the county that includes Boston, won confirmation on the slimmest possible tally. The 51-50 split along party lines broke from the Senate’s longstanding less partisan approach to U.S. attorney confirmations.
Harris has been called in as the decisive vote to break ties on the more contentious White House picks throughout the year, given the Senate’s even party split. The vice president returned to the ...
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