corner.nationalreview.com - 2/3/2009
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While everyone is looking at Tom Daschle's tax problems (I am too, working on a story for tomorrow morning), a new issue has arisen concerning another Obama cabinet nomination, that of Rep. Hilda Solis to be Secretary of Labor.
Solis had a rough hearing before the Senate Health, Education, ...
usatoday.com - 2/5/2009
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usatoday.com —
The disclosure came shortly before a scheduled 2
p.m. meeting of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and
Pensions Committee, which will vote on Rep. Hilda Solis' nomination as labor secretary. The hearing was postponed; no reason was immediately ...
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Husband of Rep. Solis, Labor nominee, settles tax liens
voices.washingtonpost.com - 2/5/2009
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voices.washingtonpost.com —
This is hilarious. The woman is not part
of her husband's business. No one ever contacted Solis
or her husband about the liens. And it's not a huge amount of money. And when they found out about the liens, they paid them. Just like most people who ...
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Solis Senate Session Postponed in Wake of Husband's Tax ...
weeklystandard.com - 2/4/2009
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weeklystandard.com —
Hilda Solis's breach of House ethics rules may
disqualify her from serving. by Hans A. von Spakovsky
02/03/2009 12:00:00 AM
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The Nominee Who Lobbied Herself
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BYRON YORK: “While everyone is looking at Tom Daschle’s tax problems (I am too, working on a story …
Instapundit —
... BYRON YORK: “While everyone is looking at Tom Daschle’s tax problems (I am too, working on a story for tomorrow morning), a new issue has arisen concerning another Obama cabinet nomination, that of Rep. Hilda Solis to be Secretary of Labor.” ...
ANOTHER OBAMA PICK HAS PROBLEMS WITH THE LAW: HILDA SOLIS, NOMINATED TO BECOME LABOR SECRETARY
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
YORK/NRO: ... she [SOLIS] did not list it [HER POSITION ON THE BOARD OF A LABOR GROUP] on the disclosure forms she was required to submit to the House of Representatives. It was an unpaid position, so there is no problem with income. But there are questions about whether Solis, as Treasurer, played a de facto role in the group's lobbying activity; if you're a member of Congress, you're not supposed to simultaneously lobby Congress. (Solis has told the Senate that she did not take part in the group's lobbying ...
They Ought to be Terrified
Daily Pundit —
Daschle — And Solis, Too - Byron York - The Corner on National Review Online
(Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus wrote a frustrated account of the hearing, asking, “How can senators consent if they have no clue what policies they might be consenting to?”)
They have every clue. The policies they are being asked to “consent to” are those of Barack “I Won” Obama.
The actual mystery involves the person to whose nomination they are being asked to consent. And judging by the pack ...
Another Obama Nominee In Trouble
Ace of Spades HQ —
Another Obama Nominee In Trouble This time it's Hilda Solis, the President's pick for Labor Secretary. She is a Democratic representative from California who forgot to disclose that she sits on the board of directors for a pro-labor lobbist organization. Whoops. Byron York has the details. Confirmation hearings for Democratic nominees should start with "Here are your taxes for the past ten years. Here are your disclosure forms. Now, before we begin, is there anything else you want to tell us?"
Gee, I thought I Was Voting For A Democrat In November, Not A Post-Partisan-- 1,445 Days 'Til We Get Another Chance
DownWithTyranny! —
... And the radical right's next target, of course-- like who couldn't have guessed this was coming-- is Labor Secretary-Designate, Rep. Hilda Solis, the only proven progressive in the Cabinet and someone who has the nerve to favor working families and their aspirations over the bottom line greed and selfishness of the kind of unfettered corporatism that finances American politics. The far right wants her head-- ...
The Right-Wing’s Next Target: Hilda Solis?
Think Progress —
... National Review: While everyone is looking at Tom Daschle’s tax problems…a new issue has arisen concerning another Obama cabinet nomination, that of Rep. Hilda Solis to be Secretary of Labor. ...
Related: solis tax problems, daschle tax issue
Labor To Fight Back On Solis
politics.theatlantic.com 2/6/2009 — For organized labor, enough's enough. The nomination of Hilda Solis is languishing in the Senate, with Republican protesting Solis's past association with labor groups and Democrats wondering about the tax problems her husband recently solved. ...
More Daschle Tax Issues
blogs.abcnews.com 1/31/2009 — ABC News has obtained the Senate Finance Committee Report on Tom Daschle's nomination to be Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, which indicates that Daschle's tax problems were even more substantial than earlier reported. The ...
Hey Look! Another Tax Issue! —
RedState: Conservative News and Community
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The husband of President Obama’s Labor secretary nominee paid about $6,400 Wednesday to settle tax liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 years against his business, the Obama administration told USA TODAY this afternoon.
The disclosure came shortly before a ...
Another Nominee With Tax Problems —
Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
What exactly was the point of that endless questionnaire Team Obama famously had prospective worker bees fill out? A fifth Obama nominee has run into some controversy , the fourth due to a failure to pay taxes, although in the case of Labor Secretary-designate Hilda Solis, her husband is to ...
Another Obama Cabinet Nominee Has Tax Problems —
Say Anything
That makes four and counting. Five nominations altogether plagued with scandal and controversy.
Richardson. Geithner. Daschel. Killefer. Now Solis:
WASHINGTON – Labor Secretary nominee Hilda Solis became the latest Cabinet nominee to face questions about ...
Another Nominee with Tax Problems, Another Faux Scandal —
Hit & Run
What? Another Obama nominee has tax problems !? It seems that Labor secretary nominee and Democratic Representative Hilda Solis of California is married to a man who "paid about $6,400 on Wednesday to settle tax liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 years against his ...
Obligatory... More Tax Cheating Problems for Team Obama —
Gateway Pundit
Who knew that being a democrat had so many perks? Rep. Hilda Solis is the latest Obama Administration cabinet nominee to run into tax problems. ( WaPo ) Today, in was reported that Obama's nominee for labor secretary, Rep. Hilda Solis, has run into a little glitch of her own. The ...
Obama Tally: Day 16 - More Tax Problems —
Politics Daily
I'm more than a little sick of hearing about Obama nominees with tax problems. Can't we have a government filled with folks without questionable morals already? No? Ok. Maybe we'll get some change in another four years. This time it's Hilda Solis, Obama's choice for Labor Secretary. Her ...
Another Quantum of Solis —
Weekly Standard Blog
Hilda Solis, in addition to violating House ethics rules by serving as the treasurer of an organization that was actively engaged in lobbying her fellow legislators, has now had her nomination held up by (what else?) tax problems.
USA Today reports :
Solis and [her husband] Sayyad were ...
Tax Problems Surface for Another Nominee —
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire
The Washington Post reports that a Senate committee "abruptly canceled a session to consider President Obama's nomination of Rep. Hilda Solis to be labor secretary in the wake of a report saying that her husband yesterday paid about $6,400 to settle tax liens against his business -- liens that ...
Callin' 'Em As I See 'Em... —
Stubborn Facts
You know, all things considered, Obama's recent confirmation troubles aren't that monumental in the grand scheme, but with Daschle now out as HHS Secretary nominee, for yet another tax issue, one start to wonder if the Obama Administration has figured out that the appaerance of a pattern ...
Another Obama Appointee Fails to Pay Taxes —
GayPatriot
Obama performance chief Killefer out, citing taxes . As least Ms. Killefer “resolved” her tax issue before Obama tapped her.
If she withdraws her nomination due to a tax lien of less than $1,000, shouldn’t Daschle do the same for more than $100,000 in unpaid taxes? And ...
Liberal Tax Protesting —
The Corner on National Review Online
The problems with Daschle and Geithner are this: If the liberal Secretary of the Treasury and the even more liberal would-be HHS Secretary did not pay their proper taxes, owed tens of thousands in back taxes, and (apparently) were only willing to address this issue when it was a matter of career ...
Daschle: Tax Lapse "Completely Inadvertent" —
The Page by Mark Halperin
The HHS nominee speaks briefly to reporters following his meeting with Senators Monday.
Says he has "no excuse" for his tax blunders, and adds: "I deeply apologize to President Obama, to my colleagues, and to the American people."
Also says he hopes the issue can be seen "in the context ...
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Daschle Excuse Doesn't Wash —
Riehl World View
Based on the paragraphs in Daschle's letter below we are to believe he raised a tax issue with his accountant "earlier in the year" and it went ignored by his accountant and Daschle until the vetting process uncovered additional problems. So it would seem that without an appointment, he would ...
Kerry: Daschle's Tax Error 'Innocent' —
News
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) dubbed Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) nominee Tom Daschle's tax error an "innocent" one today, issuing a statement in support of Daschle's nomination.
"Months ago, Tom personally and proactively addressed the taxes issue and took all necessary steps to ...
Daschle —
The Corner on National Review Online
Kathryn, as you note below it looks like Daschle's tax problems are more serious than they seemed when all this first broke last night. Beyond the personal driver issue there is a lot of "consulting" income that Daschle failed to report, and several other irregularities. It also seems like the ...
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