WASHINGTON – A US Senate committee last night abruptly postponed a vote to confirm President Barack Obama’s labour secretary nominee following a news report that her husband may have tax problems.
A joint statement from the Senate labour committee’s Democratic chairman and its top Republican made no mention of the report in the USA Today newspaper. But they said the indefinite delay was to “allow members additional time to review documentation submitted in support” of the nominee, Democratic Representative Hilda Solis of California.
USA Today reported yesterday that Ms Solis’s husband paid about $6,400 on Wednesday to settle tax liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 years against his business. – (Reuters)
