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Solis (Secretary of Labor) nomination vote delayed
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... vote on Solis, though Senate Republicans have expressed concerns about the nominees refusal to answer questions on a wide range of labor and union issues. Republicans are gearing up for a huge fight on the Employee Free Choice Act, which would make unionizing much easier, and they are targeting Solis nomination. In its announcement Thursday afternoon, the HELP committee would only say it needed more time to review some fresh documents related to the Solis nomination. Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18465.html
Solis confirmation vote postponed.
Think Progress —
... ,” the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee was finally prepared to vote on Hilda Solis’s nomination for Labor Secretary today. However, Politico now reports that the scheduled vote has been postponed. ...
Solis Committee Vote Delayed, Because of Something Someone Else Did
Daily Kos —
... , we reported that the long delayed committee vote on Hilda Solis's nomination to the position of Labor Secretary would take place today. We regret the error. We did not foresee the latest Republican stall tactic: ...
"ANYEFFINGBODY BUT HOWARD DEAN!!!"
DownWithTyranny! —
... the Daschle nomination. But that's what a chief of staff does. Emanuel should have found Daschle's problems, Bill Richardson's problems, Geithner's problems, Nancy Killefer's problems, Hilda Solis' problem, Judd Gregg's problems... Instead he was busy telling his pals in the media how he ...
The Early Word: Getting to 60
The Caucus —
... that would go beyond those permitted under the new rules. “If we had a ticking bomb situation, and obviously, whatever was being used I felt was not sufficient, I would not hesitate to go to the president of the United States and request whatever additional authority I would need,” Mr. Panetta said in his nomination hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Meanwhile, the hearing of Mr. Obama’s nominee for secretary of labor, Representative Hilda L. Solis of California, has been delayed, Politico reports, after news surfaced that her husband recently paid off back ...
