Hilda Solis was one Latina Obama cabinet nomination that has many people excited because of her progressive record on labor and immigration. So why the hell are GOP Senators preventing the Labor Secretary nominee from becoming the Labor Secretary? Seems that Solis’s husband suddenly has a tax problem. Not Solis herself, but her husband.

Apparently , Sam H. Sayyad, who owns an auto supply shop, Sam’s Foreign and Domestic Auto Center, had some tax liens. Never mind that this is Solis’s marido, not Solis herself, who has nada to do with the negocio. It was reason enough for the GOP to delay the confirmation of a pro-labor, pro-immigrant cabinet choice who is likely to bring some changes to the big business bailouts so many GOP senators have made their living off of.

I hope Solis doesn’t back down.

Via / Latina Lista, LA Times