Who Owns the Holdup on Hilda?

[Are_grits_groceries]

Congresswoman Hilda Solis's nomination to be Barack Obama's Labor Secretary seems to be subject to a slow-hold. No one is claiming credit for it. But since the Health Education Labor & Pensions Committee hasn't yet voted to send her nomination to the floor, I wonder if it's a GOP committee member whose "hold" is being honored.

Senators cannot actually place a "hold" (a notice to the Majority Leader that a Member plans to object to a unanimous consent resolution to proceed to a floor vote on a nomination) until a nomination is actually voted out of committee. And Senator Kennedy's Health Education Labor & Pensions Committee hasn't yet voted on Hilda Solis's nomination.
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One thing a delay does, though, is further alienate the GOP from Hispanic voters across America. Who are the GOP Senators on the Senate HELP Commmittee who haven't so far denied their role in the delay?

Judd Gregg (NH)
Lamar Alexander (TN)
Richard Burr (NC)
Johnny Isakson (GA)
John McCain (AZ)
Orrin G. Hatch (UT)
Lisa Murkowski (AK)
Pat Roberts (KS)
Is Chairman Kennedy honoring a secret "hold" by delaying a Committee vote on the nomination? Will Majority Leader Harry Reid honor the "hold" on the nomination when it comes to the floor?

Why honor the "hold" by delaying the Committee's vote? Why honor the "hold" when the nomination reaches the floor? Democrats should not own any part of the delay. Why alienate the Democratic Party from Hispanic voters across America? Why blur the alienation of the GOP from these voters? Senate Democrats will lose the moral high ground if they honor the hold on Hilda Solis's nomination to be Secretary of Labor.

Hilda Solis's confirmation needs to happen right now. Democrats on the Senate HELP Committee need to report the nomination to the floor. The Senate needs to move swiftly to confirm her as Labor Secretary. Or else they need to make very clear: who's the holdup on Hilda?
http://firedoglake.com/2009/01/25/who-owns-the-holdup-on-hilda/

Steamroll them! Eff partisanship........

[KharmaTrain]

1. This Has The Hatchmesiters Slimy Fingers All Over It...

Remember the infamous Canyon mine? And our good buddy Arnold Murray? Ya gotta figger he and the other mine companies are shuddering about a Sec. of Labor and Interior they don't own. And I'm sure there other big money GOOP donors who are feeling the same way. And there's no one who can play games with appointments like the Hatchet man. He made a career out of doing it with Judges during the Clinton years. Sounds like he's back at work again.

Good news is this is a dead-end game as confirmation will occur and hopefully Ms. Solis will clean up yet another department ruined by boooosh cronies.

[MiniMe]

2. Was Teddy back in the Senate last week?

Hopefully it will get done this week.