salsa.wiredforchange.com - 2/24/2009
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The delay is over! Act now to urge the Senate to confirm Hilda Solis tomorrow, President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Labor -- a tireless fighter for womenâs rights, minority rights, and workerâs rights. The confirmation was being unnecessarily held up first by alone Republican ...
blog.aflcio.org - 2/24/2009
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blog.aflcio.org —
Hilda Solis is the new secretary of labor.
After Republicans backed away from an expected filibuster and...
agreed to stop their weeks of delaying tactics, the Senate this afternoon approved Solis’s nomination by ...
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Senate Confirms Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary
seiu.org - 2/24/2009
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seiu.org —
Great news comes out of the Senate, where
Hilda Solis was just confirmed as President Obama's Secretary...
of Labor. "For Secretary Solis this is not just another job, but the culmination of a lifetime of action serving as a voice for people who work," ...
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Congratulations, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis!
christyhardinsmith.firedoglake.com - 2/24/2009
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Hilda Solis was confirmed this afternoon as the
new Labor Secretary in a vote of 80 to...
17. This is excellent news. Mike Hall at AFL-CIO has details : Says [AFL-CIO President] Sweeney: She understands that the Employee Free Choice Act is ...
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A Cabinet Secretary for the Rest of Us: Hilda Solis ...
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Comments from Left Field —
... I think the delay is unacceptable, and I think the filibuster threat is a distraction from the fact her confirmation has been ridiculously delayed. Feminist Majority has an email blitz campaign going to tell Senators to vote in her favor, and it’d be helpful to promote the effort on your blogs and spread the word. The message is customizable; so feel free to personalize it to your liking. ...
Urge the Senate to confirm Hilda Solis Today!
Feministing —
Go here and demand Hilda Solis is confirmed ASAP!
Solis is a pro-labor, pro-women's rights advocate and someone we want in the Cabinet. Here is a video that SEIU put together (via ProblemChylde who has more links). ...
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action.seiu.org 2/6/2009 — Tell the Senate: Confirm Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor More than 10,000 people have called for Hilda Solis to be confirmed as our next Secretary of Labor. Watch this video to find out who Hilda Solis is, then sign the petition to the right calling ...
Confirm Hilda Solis NOW!
facebook.com 2/6/2009 — Global Basic Info Type: Organizations - Political Organizations Description: The country is in the midst of a massive economic crisis, and working families are feeling the pain. Yet Republicans are playing political games with Hilda Solis’ ...
Solis Gets Committee Vote Tomorrow
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 2/5/2009 — President Obama's Labor Secretary nominee, former Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA), will get her long-awaited confirmation vote in the Senate labor committee tomorrow, a aide to that panel just told me.
Solis' nomination had been slowed down by Republicans ...
Barack the Feminist
shakespearessister.blogspot.com 1/16/2009 — So, I just got a press release from Ms. informing me that soon-to-be-President Obama will grace the cover of their upcoming inaugural issue revealing, superhero-like, a t-shirt he's "wearing" (where "wearing" means "poorly Photoshopped to look like ...
Solis Gets A Vote?
politics.theatlantic.com 2/11/2009 — Organized labor had been told not to expect a vote on the confirmation of Rep. Hilda Solis to be Labor Secretary until after a brief Congressional recess. Now, labor's being told that Solis's vote will take place tomorrow at 2:00 pm. A ...
Rep. Hilda Solis' confirmation delayed - Pasadena Star
pasadenastarnews.com 2/5/2009 — Jan. 23--While other new Cabinet members are already hard at work, the confirmation of Rep. Hilda Solis, D-El Monte, as President Barack Obama's Labor secretary remains stalled in a Senate committee. At least one unidentified Republican senator is ...
NOW and Feminist Majority back Maloney for Hillary's seat
politico.com 12/5/2008 — The National Organization for Women and the Feminist Majority jointly endorsed Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) on Thursday to take Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Senate seat, beating out several other female contenders for the spot.
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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. ...
Why Republicans Object to Solis
dailykos.com 2/7/2009 — Republicans continue to hold up the nomination of Hilda Solis for Labor Secretary, today allegedly over her husband's tax liens. Now, before we think about those tax liens, let's be clear: The delay in confirming Solis is not about taxes. It is ...
2009/2010: The replacements —
First Read 2/24/2009
CALIFORNIA: The race to replace Hilda Solis in Congress is underway: "At first glance, given the demographics of the district -- about half of Democratic voters are Hispanic -- state Sen. Gil Cedillo (D) should be favored to replace Solis in ...
Senate vote set for Solis confirmation —
First Read 2/24/2009
From NBC's Ken StricklandThis morning, Senate Democratic and Republican leaders reached an agreement on how to move forward on Hilda Solis' nomination to be Labor secretary. The final confirmation vote will be today at 4:30 pm ET.
The new agreement ...
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