By KASIE HUNT, CongressDaily
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee will vote on Rep. Hilda Solis' nomination as Labor secretary this afternoon. Anthony Coley, a spokesman for HELP Chairman Edward Kennedy, said panel members will meet later today to approve her nomination and send it to the Senate floor.
The California Democrat "has supplied some additional documentation and information with regard to the lien issues that came to light several days ago. The committee has reviewed those and it looks like we're getting close to a vote," said Craig Orfield, spokesman for Senate HELP ranking member Michael Enzi. "We understand there's a good possibility that there will be a vote this afternoon."
Solis' nomination has been delayed for weeks, most recently over concerns about $6,400 in state and county tax liens her husband paid last week. "A number of sources" aside from Solis have given information about the liens, which has allowed her confirmation to move forward, Orfield added.
Hispanic advocacy groups are pushing hard for her confirmation, and some suggested today her nomination was being held up because of her gender or ethnicity. "To our community... the optics are not good on this for those who would be holding her up," Janet Murguia, the president of the National Council of La Raza, said today. "When you have the only Latina who's being considered for a Cabinet position... there's really no rationale out there, certainly among our community, as to why she should be held back."
Labor unions have also pushed for the Senate to move quickly on her confirmation. If the committee approves her nomination, she will still face the full Senate, where several of President Obama's nominees have hit tax-related roadblocks. Thirty-four senators voted against Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner after he paid $34,000 in back taxes, and former Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., withdrew his nomination to head HHS when he paid nearly $140,000 in back taxes and interest for car and driver services. The HELP Committee never voted on Daschle's nomination.
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