Senate to take test vote on Solis

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/1182/story/478665.html

Friday, Feb. 13, 2009
Senate to take test vote on Solis
The Associated Press

WASHINGTON The Senate late Friday set a test vote for mid-February on Rep. Hilda Solis' nomination as labor secretary.

The California Democrat won committee approval this week after more than a month of delays over questions about tax liens that her husband recently paid and her role as a board member and treasurer of American Rights at Work. The nonprofit group is working to pass a bill to make it easier for workers to form unions.

A 60-vote majority will be required in the Feb. 24 test vote to advance Solis' nomination to a final vote.

While most members of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted for her confirmation earlier in the week, two were opposed.

[jkshaw]

1. Oh, dear. This is going to be a nerve-wracking

process. How possible is it, I wonder, that Collins, Snow, and Specter will vote with the Democrats.Perhaps not possible at all?