Submit a Story!

Hilda Solis deflects Republican questions over union issues

 

Published 1/10/2009 at L.A. Times - Politics

At her confirmation hearing, the nominee to head Labor avoids being drawn into a fight over matters such as the 'card check' bill, which she co-sponsored in the House. > Senate Republicans spent much of Friday morning trying to draw Barack Obama's choice for Labor secretary, Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-El Monte), into a fight over union issues. (link)

Tags:

Related Content
Dems stew in botched Burris imbroglio
politico.com 1/9/2009 — Some angry Democrats blame Reid, Durbin and Obama for the Burris storm as new legal events in Illinois throw the issue back to the Senate.
Dick Durbin: Senate seat remains open
swamppolitics.com 1/10/2009 — by Mark Silva Probably no one would like to see a new junior senator from Illinois seated more than the senior senator from Illinois. But Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) asserts this evening that no one can fill the vacant seat of the former junior ...
Rep. George Miller: Senate Should Quickly Confirm Rep. Solis as Next Secretary of Labor
huffingtonpost.com 1/10/2009 — Congresswoman Hilda Solis is a strong champion of working families and will be an outstanding Secretary of Labor. Given our enormous economic challenges facing our nation, I urge the Senate to take swift action and confirm her nomination.  ...
Solis pressed on jobs report, card-check
thehill.com 1/9/2009 — A dour jobs report and the influence organized labor will have with the Obama administration dominated the confirmation hearing of Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) as Labor secretary. Democratic lawmakers seized on a new report released Friday stating that ...
Franken to attend Obama inauguration
startribune.com 1/10/2009 — ST. PAUL, Minn. - Al Franken is traveling to Washington, D.C., later this month but not for the reason you might think. A spokeswoman says Democrat Franken and his wife, Franni, will attend the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama on Jan. ...
Obama’s Senate seat to stay vacant — RedState: Conservative News and Community
Labor Policy Follies — RedState: Conservative News and Community
Rockefeller and Feinstein: Preserving the Bush Legacy — Corrente
Labor Policy Follies — A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days
Burris Does Not Need Il. Secretary Of State’s Signature — Pat Dollard | Young Americans
Solis confirmation appears assured — First Read 1/9/2009
From NBC's Scott Foster At her Senate confirmation hearing this morning, Labor Secretary nominee Hilda Solis pledged to focus on protecting the interests of the American worker by improving employee rights and wages and fighting job ...
The Caucus: Republicans Criticize Solis's Support for Union Bill — NYT > Politics 1/9/2009
Appearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Friday, President-elect Obama's pick for Labor secretary took pains to avoid any contention or debate with any members of the labor committee. >
With Senate Hearing, Preparing for Change at Top of Labor Dept. — NYT > Politics 1/10/2009
Some Republican senators question labor secretary-designate Representative Hilda L. Solis’s support for a bill that would make it easier for workers to unionize. >
Durbin: No Burris Senate seat without signature (AP) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 1/10/2009
AP - U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin said Friday that Roland Burris should not be seated in the U.S. Senate because he has failed to get the secretary of state's signature on his appointment to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the chamber.
Illinois high court gives Burris a boost — L.A. Times - Politics 1/10/2009
Just days after his prospective colleagues in Washington turned him back from the Capitol, Democrat Roland Burris seized on an Illinois high court decision filed Friday to assert he should be accepted as President-elect Barack Obama's replacement in ...