{"article":{"id":224963,"heading":"Senate voted 80-17 to confirm Hilda Solis as President Obama's Secretary of Labor","author":"Employee Free Choice Act Now . Org","created":"2009-02-25 23:27:25","modified":"2009-02-25 23:27:25","last_modified":"Thu, 26 Feb 2009 06:27:25","article":"<br><br> Dear Employee Free Choice Act Now . Org,  <br><br> I am pleased to report that earlier today, the Senate voted 80-17 to confirm Hilda Solis as President Obama's Secretary of Labor. I strongly supported her confirmation. <br><br> Secretary Solis comes from a proud union family, and has been fighting for the rights of workers her entire career. She understands the difficult issues facing our economy, and I have every confidence that she will work tirelessly at the Labor Department to make sure working families are not left behind. <br><br> At a time when we have 11 million workers unemployed in America, it is inexcusable that her nomination was held up due to partisan politics. I am glad the Senate was finally able to move her nomination forward, and I look forward to working with her on the issues that are so important to Michigan's working families. <br><br> As always, please don't hesitate to contact my office if we can be of assistance to you or your family. <br><br>  <br>  <br> Sincerely, <br><br> Debbie Stabenow <br><br> United States Senator <br><br>  <br>  <br> <a href=\"http:\/\/efcanow.blogspot.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/efcanow.blogspot.com\/<\/a> <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.employeefreechoiceactnow.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.employeefreechoiceactnow.org<\/a> <br><br> Tags: Employee Free Choice Act, Free Choice Act, EFCA, Hilda Solis, Senate, Senator Debbie Stabenow, Labor Union News, Labor Union \n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Hilda Solis Confirmed YES!\r\n\r\nThe Department of Management Will Now Be Known as the Department of The Workers Rights!","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/2009\/02\/solisconfirmed.jpg","filesize":"26.2 kibibytes","article_url":"\/news\/2009\/02\/224963.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/2009\/02\/solisconfirmed.jpg","small":"\/uploads\/2009\/02\/solisconfirmed.jpgthumb.jpg"}},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}