tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/5/2009
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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 seeking to twist her arm on the Employee ...
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 ...
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PANETTA'S TURN THURSDAY
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Obama's pick to head the CIA will go before the Senate intelligence committee for his confirmation hearing.
Plus: Labor Secretary-designate Solis also expected to have her hearing Thursday as well. ...
Hilda Solis: Guilty of the GOP's Unforgivable Sin
Daily Kos —
... But Hilda Solis -- the California Congresswoman appointed by President Obama to head the Labor Department -- remains in limbo, unable to get a committee referral vote until today, and likely doomed to remain in a holding pattern for some time thereafter due to the ...
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