In what the Treasury Department is calling a "historic vote," the Senate, confirmed Janet Yellen as the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Department.
The 74-year old will serve on an economics team that President Joe Biden says "will deliver economic relief" to the nation.
The confirmation came days after Yellen earned unanimous support from both Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Finance Committee.
"Secretary Yellen has the deep experience to meet this moment and get the economy back on track, strengthen the financial system, and restore jobs," read a press release from the department. As the first woman to lead the Treasury Department — and the first person to have ever served as Treasury Secretary, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, and Chair of the Federal Reserve — Secretary Yellen is a strong, crisis-tested leader prepared to address the urgent economic and financial policy decisions facing the nation."