Geithner Nomination Hits a Snag

Susan Davis reports on the transition. The largely seamless confirmation hearings for President-elect Barack Obama ’s cabinet nominees hit a snag today after Senate Republicans said they intend to raise questions about a former housekeeper for Treasury secretary nominee Tim Geithner , as well as questions about multiple years in which Geithner did not pay Social Security or Medicare taxes while employed at the International Monetary Fund. (For more, read the Wall Street Journal article and see Geithner’s related tax documents , as released by a Senate panel.) Cabinet nominees with immigration woes, however, aren’t new to the confirmation process. In 2004, Bernie Kerik , the former New York City police commissioner who was championed by Rudy Giuliani , withdrew as Bush’s Homeland Security secretary, after it was revealed that he failed to pay taxes on an illegal immigrant who worked in his house. Linda Chavez , Bush’s first Labor secretary nominee, withdrew in 2001 when ... (link)