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...PressWASHINGTON -- A Senate panel postponed a scheduled vote on the nomination of Hilda Solis as labor secretary, but White House officials said they don't think her confirmation has been jeopardized by questions about her husband's taxes.The delay came after...
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Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123386659544053789.html?mod=WSJ_topics_obama
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...asks if Obama would like to see something like a tax credit in the bill for car purchases. 14:47, female reporter noting Hilda Solis's husband just yesterday paying back liens, asks if he did that at White House behest Gibbs: He paid them because he owed...
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Newsbusters
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2009/02/05/white-house-press-briefing-live-blog-5-feb-2009
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...a Senate committee plans an initial vote on Rep. Hilda Solis's confirmation as Labor Secretary today, Solis is promising to recuse herself from dealing with matters related to American Rights At Work, a labor pressure group on whose board she sat. ARW supports...
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The Atlantic
http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/02/solis_wont_recuse_herself_from_card_check.php
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...for another Cabinet victim - Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA), the nominee for Labor Secretary. The Heritage Foundation writes, "Hilda Solis: The Next Tom Daschle?" As for the "conflict of interest" that the right wing is highlighting? Solis wasn't paid for her activities...
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Calitics
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CaliticsFeed/~3/532078143/showDiary.do
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...look into it and realize they are PURE GOOD/EVIL. Thus it is with some trepidation that we even attempt to wade into the Hilda Solis debacle. Here is the briefest of brief recaps: Once upon a time there was this Congresslady, Hilda Solis (pictured above right,...
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Wonkette
http://wonkette.com/405985/labor-nomination-held-up-due-to-nominees-support-of-labor
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...pick backs enforcement" (link); the title isn't as misleading as one might first think since Hendricks is referring to Hilda Solis's position on labor enforcement and not on immigration enforcement; Solis is especially weak on the latter. However, the goal...
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Lonewacko: Immigration, Politics, Media Bias
http://24ahead.com/hilda-solis-prefer-labor-enforcement-immigration-enforcement
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...GOOP donât like you are are trying desperately to shaft you, Iâll be ready to fight. The right wingnuts are simply targeting Hilda Solis because they are simply afraid that the former Dept. of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao would be investigated [which I highly...
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Think Progress
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/04/target-solis/
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... Amy Ridenour is the president of the National Center for Public Policy Research. She and her husband David, the vice president of the National Center, are the parents of three third graders. David's comments, like those of other National Center staff memb...
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Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nationalcenter/blog/~3/531296088/did-secretary-of-labor-nominee-rep.html
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...further, according to a spokeswoman for Solis. Here is the statement from Solis' camp: "Since the nomination of Congresswoman Hilda Solis as Secretary of Labor-designee, all of her efforts have been focused on the confirmation and transition process. She...
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SGVTribune.com
http://www.insidesocal.com/sgvgov/2009/02/azusa-councilman-cant-use-soli.html
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...likely to pull him through. SOLIS CONFIRMATION HOLDUP: Meantime, the Journal reports, that Another Obama nominee, Hilda Solis, who has been chosen to be labor secretary, meanwhile, is coming under scrutiny from Republicans over her involvement with a pro-union...
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CBS News
http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsHorserace/~3/529755318/entry4768694.shtml
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...issues. Re-start the process, and in the end, approve Hilda Solis as labor secretary." And as Dave Neiwart demands at Crooks & Liars, "in the end," should be now. Anti-working family fanatic Richard Burr sticking the shiv in Hilda Solis' back?...
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Down With Tyranny!
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-are-obstructionists-out-to-get.html
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...Board of Equalization and candidate for the 32nd Congressional District Seat being vacated by Labor Secretary Designate Hilda Solis, announced today her endorsement by nearly 70 elected officials representing the cities, school districts and water boards of...
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SGVTribune.com
http://www.insidesocal.com/sgvgov/2009/01/chu-endorsement-tally.html
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...will need support from labor, religious and community activists to help create jobs and pass worker-friendly laws. Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.), President Obama’s pick for labor secretary, could help restore dignity and respect to American workers. Before...
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In These Times
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InTheseTimes/~3/521103009/
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...of irrelevance. With the economic crisis becoming more dire every day, and President Obama's having recently appointed Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary, Frances Perkins is more relevant than ever. Both Hilda Solis and Frances Perkins were appointed to serve...
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AlterNet.org
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/121943/a_historic_opportunity%3A_hilda_solis_and_the_financial_crisis/
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...let her know she was thinking of her. “There were several people who would leave voice mails for me, and one of them was Hilda Solis, saying, ‘I’m thinking of you, you’re going to do great,’ ” Matsui recalls. The two became fast friends in Washington and would...
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The Hill
http://thehill.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=79197&Itemid=242
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...Act (which the Chamber of Commerce calls "card check" instead of "Majority Sign-Up") and his Labor Secretary-designate, Hilda Solis, co-sponsored EFCA in the House. The GOP needs to face facts: this new Administration favors EFCA. A delay in confirming the...
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Firedoglake
http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/25/who-owns-the-holdup-on-hilda/
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...the very best news and blog coverage about Congress available on the web. Pending the new Commerce designate, that leaves Hilda Solis, Obama's nominee for secretary of Labor, as the only real bright spot for fair-traders. ... Did you find this article useful?...
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OpenCongress
http://opencongress.org./person/show/400384_hilda_solis
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...MLK Day and President Elect Obama's call to service, Shakira, Washington DC Mayor Adrian M. Fenty, Labor Secretary-designate Hilda Solis and DC School Chancellor Michelle Rhee joined students and families for a morning of culture and service at Oyster-Adams...
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Street Insider
http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Shakira%2C+Mayor+Adrian+Fenty+and+Labor+Secretary-Designate+Hilda+Solis+Visit+DC+School+in+Response+to+President-Elect+Obama%26apos%3Bs+Call+to+Service/4310842.html
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...one Democratic committee staffer. Sen. Edward Kennedy, chairman of the panel, "feels strongly that Secretary-designate Hilda Solis is the champion they need during these challenging economic times," said Anthony Coley, a spokesman for the Massachusetts Democrat....
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The Politico
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0109/17538.html
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...over day laborers and tried to pass an ordinance limiting the use of parking lots to like.... parking. Who stopped them Hilda Solis, the Congresswomen designated to Barack Obama's Secretary of Labor. Are these the 3 million jobs government is going to save? There...
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FlashReport
http://www.flashreport.org/blog.php?postID=2009011314253705
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...who worked at a battery recycling plant. Her mother is from Nicaragua and had a union job on a Mattel assembly line. Rep. Hilda Solis, the daughter of immigrants who lives in a modest home in El Monte not far from where she was raised, takes her first step...
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Michael Moore - This Just In
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=13049
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...Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- At her confirmation hearing for Labor Secretary, nominee Hilda Solis repeatedly sidestepped questions about her position on the deceptively named Employee Free Choice Act, or "card check" legislation, that allows unionization without...
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PR Newswire
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-09-2009/0004952250&EDATE=
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...Sen. Edward Kennedy made a special effort to take part in hearings on Rep. Hilda Solis, Labor Department nominee. Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.) says she has “an obligation to restore [workers'] trust and hope” in the U.S. Department of Labor. Solis, President-elect...
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AFL-CIO Blog
http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/01/09/solis-labor-dept-has-obligation-to-restore-trust-and-hope-of-workers/
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...-- Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa issued the following statement regarding today's confirmation hearing for Rep. Hilda Solis, D-Calif., President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for Labor Secretary: "Rep. Hilda Solis will be an outstanding Labor Secretary...
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PR Newswire
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-09-2009/0004952079&EDATE=
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...received the Profile in Courage Award. No one could be more deserving of that great honor. The task before us is great. But Hilda Solis has overcome great challenges all her life. I have no doubt that she can do it again to help our families reclaim the American...
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The Nation
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/state_of_change/395327/senator_kennedy_approves
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...I would not be where we are today without the wages, health coverage and retirement benefits my parents received." (Rep. Hilda Solis, "Rep. Solis Issues Statement In Support Of H.R.800, Employee Free Choice Act," Press Release, 3/1/07) Solis: "The Employee...
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Spero News
http://www.speroforum.com/a/17612/Secret-ballots-for-union-members-will-end
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...the opportunities for hardworking families" as she began her confirmation hearings on Friday. Labor secretary-designate Hilda Solis appears before a Senate committee Friday. Appearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Solis...
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CNN
http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/zWyPBu2oGQY/index.html
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...Sen. Gil Cedillo announce his intention to run for Congress in the seat soon to be vacated by incoming Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, but Gloria Romero, who was widely expected to run for the seat, abruptly decided to bow out, endorsing Cedillo and announcing...
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Calitics
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CaliticsFeed/~3/506907214/showDiary.do
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...Representative Hilda Solis visits the Senate today for her confirmation hearing to become Barack Obama's Secretary of Labor. One question we'd like to hear asked is what Ms. Solis really thinks about secret ballots in workplace issues. It seems she's been...
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Wall Street Journal
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http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/xml/rss/3_7041/~3/PgA43VD_7MI/SB123146137229266389.html
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...Hilda Solis's future as labor secretary could be as good as sealed Friday during a Senate confirmation hearing. early career. Sen. Ted Kennedy and the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee he heads will question Solis, D-El Monte, on her future heading...
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Daily Bulletin
http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_11404830?source=rss
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...hearing for Labor Secretary, the Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) today began a print ad campaign urging Rep. Hilda Solis to protect worker privacy and secret ballot elections. Rep. Solis has previously supported the anti-worker Employee Free Choice...
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Street Insider
http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Coalition+for+a+Democratic+Workplace+Releases+New+Print+Campaign+Urging+Labor+Secretary+Nominee+Hilda+Solis+to+Protect+Secret+Ballots/4285805.html
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...(and Bill O’Reilly) who sees the world in stark black and white.) O’Reilly then referenced the incoming Secretary of Labor, Hilda Solis as “favoring blanket amnesty and very few restrictions on illegal immigration. (Comment: I don’t know which dark bodily...
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News Hounds
http://www.newshounds.us/2009/01/05/bill_oreilly_plays_the_fox_fear_factor_card_and_again_lies_about_a_ny_times_editorial.php
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...that changing the department will be ³particularly daunting.² But like many others who¹ve spoken out since Obama nominated Hilda Solis to succeed Chao, he says he¹s confident Solis, a member of his committee, can pull it off. If she does, she¹ll rank as one...
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San Francisco Bay Guardian
http://www.sfbg.com/blogs/bruce/2009/01/meister_imagine_a_prolabor_sec.html
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...President-elect Barack Obama tapped California Democrat Hilda Solis to be his administration's Labor Secretary, union leaders across the country rejoiced. The four-term Congresswoman has spent the better part of two decades championing workers' rights, including...
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Time Magazine
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/mostemailed/~3/PLe7y4K8gjU/0,28804,1863062_1863058_1868090,00.html
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...Stern issued the following statement in response to reports that President-elect Barack Obama will nominate Representative Hilda Solis as U.S. Secretary of Labor. As someone who has pounded the pavement knocking on doors for Hilda Solis in her first upset...
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New America Media
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=04512180c56a412faf3b380934391bb8&from=rss
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...is whether he will let her. Additional commentary, background information and other items by Times editorial writers. Hilda Solis, a United States representative from Southern California, is the daughter of immigrant parents with union jobs. She has been...
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The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/29/opinion/29mon1.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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...President-elect Barack Obama takes office next month. Many labor advocates expect Obama's choice for labor secretary, Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.), to be more aggressive in using the agency's enforcement powers. They also hope she will be an unabashed advocate...
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The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/24/AR2008122402062.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns
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...President-elect Barack Obama takes office next month. Many labor advocates expect Obama's choice for labor secretary, Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.), to be more aggressive in using the agency's enforcement powers. They also hope she will be an unabashed advocate...
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The Washington Post
http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/politics/fedpage/index_xml/~3/eCYLhR0dTpQ/AR2008122402062.html
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...for hardworking families or as an arbiter of fairness in relations between labor and management. That will change when Hilda Solis is Secretary of Labor. Under her leadership, I am confident that the Department of Labor will once again stand up for working...
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WorldChanging
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/worldchanging_fulltext/~3/494252657/009240.html
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...Thanks for answering some of them, Seth. Big Biz must be petrified at losing their pet “Labor” Secretary, Mrs McConnell. Hilda Solis is one of the bright spots in the incoming administration. It’s no wonder the evildoers have it in for her. But you are right,...
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Firedoglake
http://firedoglake.com/2008/12/23/come-out-of-hiding-bret-jacobsen/
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...Hilda Solis, D-Calif., President-elect Barack Obama's designate as Labor Secretary, listens as she is introduced at a news conference in Chicago Friday. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) Barack Obama has tapped Rep. Hilda Solis, a California Democrat, to head the...
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Christian Science Monitor
http://features.csmonitor.com/environment/2008/12/22/obamas-labor-pick-a-green-jobs-advocate/
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...of Labor nominee Hilda Solis is a strong proponent of the Employee Free Choice Act. She also claims to be a strong supporter of small and minority-owned businesses ("small businesses and minority enterprises are the backbone of our economy"). Rep. Solis may...
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The Corner
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjYxYjQ5MmY0ZTM4OGNhYTA3YWFkZTcxZDZhYTA0OGU=
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...President-elect Barack Obama tapped California Democrat Hilda Solis to be his administration's Labor Secretary, union leaders across the country rejoiced. The four-term Congresswoman has spent the better part of two decades championing workers' rights, including...
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Time Magazine
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/politics/~3/AmX0vTFX9Ek/0,8599,1868090,00.html
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...of Kirk, a former mayor of Dallas, to the cabinet post at a press conference in Chicago on Friday, along with nominating Rep. Hilda Solis (D., Calif.), a strong union supporter and advocate for workers’ rights, as secretary of labor. Both must be confirmed...
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Women's Wear Daily
http://www.wwd.com/business-news/obama-taps-ron-kirk-as-ustr-hilda-solis-as-labor-secretary-1900979?src=rss/recentstories/20081222
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...is joy in Unionville this Christmas. Barack Obama's pick for Secretary of Labor -- Hilda Solis -- brings impeccable big labor credentials. The California Congresswoman first rode to power with labor backing against a fellow Democrat, has voted with the AFL-CIO...
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Wall Street Journal
http://feeds.wsjonline.com/~r/wsj/xml/rss/3_7041/~3/XsldBRoR0kA/SB122990431323225179.html
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...repeat of peace on earth, good-will to men! ” President-elect Barack Obama has chosen California Democratic Representative Hilda Solis as his Secretary of Labor. Representative Solis is the daughter of a Mexican immigrant father and a Teamster’s Union Steward....
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Newstreamz San Marcos
http://newstreamz.com/2008/12/21/adelante-122208
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...of Labor, Hilda Solis. It has some history you might not know: I would like to applaud your choice of Representative Hilda Solis to be our next Secretary of labor. In these trying economic times working Americans need someone who will stand with them and help...
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/elana-levin/solis-history-of-fighting_b_152484.html
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...Dec. 19 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis, California's first female Hispanic state senator, was named Friday as President-elect Barack Obama's choice to head the Labor Department. People who read this also read ... Saying the U.S. Department of Labor hasn't...
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United Press International
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http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/19/Californias_Solis_Obamas_pick_for_Labor/UPI-12591229722914/
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...for hardworking families or as an arbiter of fairness in relations between labor and management. That will change when Hilda Solis is secretary of Labor. Under her leadership, I am confident that the Department of Labor will once again stand up for working...
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Chicago Sun-Times
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/12/obamas_picks_lahood_transporta.html
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...the following statement in response to the announcement that President-elect Barack Obama intends to nominate U.S. Rep. Hilda Solis as the next U.S. Secretary of Labor. "Congratulations to Rep. Hilda Solis on her pending appointment. The new secretary of labor...
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PR Newswire
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/12-19-2008/0004945178&EDATE=
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