firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/13/2009
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From NBC's Kelly O'DonnellThe Senate Finance Committee is currently holding what's being called an "emergency Senators only meeting." The committee is discussing nominations.Tim Geithner, Treasury Secretary nominee, is here with Obama transition officials to discuss a legal issue involving a personal household employee. The specifics have not been disclosed. We are checking on a report that Geithner may have an issue concerning a household worker and the withholding of social security taxes....( ...
nytimes.com - 1/14/2009
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President-elect Barack Obama with his choice for Treasury
secretary, Timothy F. Geithner, in Washington early this month....
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Obama Statement on Emerging Tim Geithner Confirmation Snag
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... According to First Read, the sense is that this will not be a problem for Geithner. Both errors look like honest mistakes, and Geithner corrected them, repaying the taxes. ...
Geithner Did Not Pay Taxes
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NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports : Tim Geithner , Treasury Secretary nominee, is here with Obama transition officials to discuss a legal issue involving a personal household employee. The specifics have not been disclosed. We are checking on a ...
Uh oh: Obama Treasury nominee had “undocumented” housekeeper; Update: Whose taxes?
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... , that is: Her papers expired, then she got a green card. Oh, and he forgot to pay his self-employment taxes for a few years. But other than that, everything’s cool. An emergency meeting of the Senate Finance Committee’s happening as we speak. According to people familiar with the matter, Mr. Geithner employed a housekeeper whose immigration papers expired during her tenure with Mr. Geithner, currently president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The woman went on to get a green card to work legally in the country and federal immigration authorities didn’t press charges ...
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