Solis Cleared for Senate Confirmation Later Today

[Joanne98]

Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) is expected to be confirmed by the Senate to be labor secretary later today, more than two months after she was nominated to the post by President Obama.

The way was cleared for her long-delayed confirmation after Senate Republicans today assured Democrats that they would not filibuster the nomination, eliminating the need for a cloture vote for her nomination to go before the full Senate. That vote would have required a 60-vote majority to move the nomination.

Solis had come under fire from some Senate Republicans, who thought she was unresponsive to many of their queries during her confirmation hearing, a situation that was compounded by her work as treasurer for American Rights at Work, a pro-labor group. Her nomination was further delayed when it was revealed that her husband had recently paid about $6,000 to settle tax liens against his California auto repair business.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/02/24/solis_cleared_for_senate_confi.html?hpid=topnews

[Earth Bound Misfit]

1. Thanks for posting this

I was just going to look for news on Solis' confirmation.

BTW, LOVE your posts, most notably in Editorials & Other article forum.

:fistbump: :yourock:

[niyad]

2. wow--imagine a secretary of labor who is actually PRO-LABOR