The Washington Post just posted a story on the delay of the confirmation of Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary. Read here
A Senate committee today abruptly canceled a session to consider President Obama's nomination of Rep. Hilda Solis to be labor secretary in the wake of a report saying that her husband yesterday paid about $6,400 to settle tax liens against his business -- liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 years.
Granted this is not Ms. Solis's tax problem directly as it was her husbands lapse that caused the problem. But given the recent withdrawals of Tom Daschle and Nancy Killefer we don't need this. Once again, Ms. Solis has not been accused of any wrong-doing, it was her husband that just paid off over-due taxes--money most likely owed to a locality and not the United States Treasury.
From USA Today
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 revealed.
At a press conference, Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs said of Solis: "I read the story in USA TODAY and it quotes somebody who works here. Obviously we know about the story. We reviewed her tax returns and her tax returns are in order.Her husband had an issue."
Los Angeles County records showed 15 outstanding state and county tax liens against Sayyad and his auto repair business, totaling $7,630. Two other liens worth $981 were released in 1999 after Sayyad repaid the taxes owed, according to county records.