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Michelle Malkin

Hilda Solis approves as Labor Secretary: 17 Republicans vote no

Here's the roll call vote on Labor Secretary Hilda Solis. Seventeen GOP Senators voted no:

Michelle Malkin

Union corruptocrats lobby for Labor Secretary corruptocrat

Troubled Obama Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is getting a little help from her friends. She's lobbied herself. Her husband's businesses failed to pay tax liens that were 16 years old -- until she was nominated. And questions about her competence and lack of disclosure won't go away.

She's the perfect union bosses' pick:

The Next Right

Did Hilda Solis violate BCRA, in addition to House ethics rules?

... But ARW also spent thousands of dollars on television spots described by the group in its report to the FEC as "electioneering communications." Since as treasurer, Solis is required to approve all ARW spending, she must have signed off on the spots. This may well put her and ARW in violation of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002. Among the Republicans targeted by ARW were incumbents Norm Coleman, Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, Gordon Smith, and John Sununu. The anti-Sununu ad, for example, cost ARW $169,225 to air in New Hampshire, while another $69,105 paid for airing an anti-Coleman spot in Minnesota. So ARW clearly spent funds, with Solis' knowledge and approval "in connection with an election for federal office." Again, as treasurer, Solis could hardly have been in a ceremonial or passive participant. ...

Heritage Foundation

Solis is the New Daschle Update: Electioneering?

Just like the Senate stimulus bill, the more time we examine President Obama's Cabinet nominees, the more 'honest mistakes' are revealed. Congresswoman Solis is having a particularly bad week. Earlier this afternoon, we told you about USA Today's revelation that Ms. Solis and her husband were experiencing similar tax problems (i.e. not paying them) that got three of President Obama's other nominees in trouble. That was literally two hours ago. Earlier this week, we told you about her involvement with the group Americans Right to Work (ARW) which may have violated several House rules. Now, a new revelation.

The DC Examiner reports that while Hilda Solis was an active leader of ARW as their Treasurer, they spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on political campaign ads, or as ARW describes them, "electioneering communications". ...

Michelle Malkin

Crikey: Labor Secy nominee Solis's husband finally pays up 16-year-old tax liens

... The husband of President Obama's Labor secretary nominee paid about $6,400 Wednesday to settle tax liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 years against his business, the Obama administration told USA TODAY this afternoon.

The disclosure came shortly before a 2 p.m. meeting of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which is scheduled to vote on Rep. Hilda Solis' nomination as labor secretary. ...

Heritage Foundation

Hilda Solis: The Next Tom Daschle?

President Obama's choice to lead the Department of Health and Human Services stepped down today after it was discovered that he had failed to pay over $140,000 in taxes and amid allegations that he was too closely connected with health care lobbyists that would have had all-too-easy access to him as Secretary. This was the right thing to do, for the country, and for the President. We now fear that President Obama's nominee for Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, may soon have to make the same tough choice on his behalf.

In an article written for the Weekly Standard, Hans A. von Spakovsky, uncovers some very disturbing details of Solis' role in the pro-union organization, American Rights at Work (ARW), in which she may have violated multiple House ethics rules. It appears that while Hilda Solis served as a Board Member and Treasurer to the organization, they were lobbying Congress on bills Ms. Solis actually co-sponsored. One of those bills, the "Employee Free Choice Act", is the card-check legislation that will eliminate the secret ballot in union elections, ...

America's Right

A Labor Secretary in Obama's Own Image

The Bible states that God made man in His own image. It's only appropriate, therefore, that the liberal Messiah would select a Labor Secretary after his own heart.

Hilda Solis's political career started at the Office of Hispanic Affairs under former president Jimmy Carter. From there, she moved to the Office of Management and Budget, and offered the first sign she might not make a great Secretary of Labor when she resigned from that position because she opposed then president Ronald Reagan's policies. After resigning from that post and showing her true colors, Solis returned to her home state of California and won state office. ...

America's Right

Solis as Labor Secretary Perpetuates Liberal Blame-Shifting Culture

... it is her perspective on union labor which should prove even more relevant and troublesome when it comes to her likely new post. Those views on immigration and labor, combined with her feeling that the federal government, unshackled from the guidelines set forth in that pesky Constitution, is the ultimate determinant of American welfare and prosperity, should be worrisome to say the least. ...

Stop The ACLU

New Labor Secretary plans to take away the secret ballot

... Solis, you see, has told everyone that will listen that once she becomes Secretary of Labor she will push for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) and the EFCA will do just that; from potential union members. ...