The Senate has confirmed Jeanine Pirro as the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia after lawmakers failed to reach a deal to fast-track the rest of President Donald Trump‘s nominees.
On Saturday night, the upper chamber voted 50-45 to confirm Pirro as the top prosecutor in Washington, D.C., a role she was serving in an interim capacity as she awaited Senate confirmation.
The vote marks an end to a whirlwind confirmation process for Pirro — a former Fox News host and district attorney in Westchester County, New York — that saw two votes just to advance her nomination to the floor after one was deemed invalid after Democrats staged a walkout over another nominee.
Her nomination was also held up as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Democrats delayed the confirmation proceedings for Trump’s nominees, claiming they deserved more scrutiny.
Senators remained in Washington over the weekend in an attempt to strike a deal that would have quickly confirmed the rest of Trump’s nominees, but progress stalled on Saturday and they opted to head home for a delayed August recess.
Pirro’s nomination, along with a few others, were voted on Saturday evening as senators departed the capital.
Trump, while fuming at Schumer over his blockade, seemingly greenlit the senators’ departure from Washington for the month in a slew of Truth Social posts earlier Saturday.
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“Go home and explain to your constituents what bad people the Democrats are, and what a great job the Republicans are doing, and have done, for our Country. Have a great RECESS and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” Trump posted.
They will not return again from recess until early September, when they will reportedly look to implement more aggressive rule changes to get the civilian nominees confirmed.