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Hilda Solis from California was confirmed on Tuesday as the Labor Secretary in Barack Obama's cabinet. The Senate voted 80-17 for her, inspite of Republican concernes about her tax records and her association with American Rights-at-Work, a pro-union organization.

Solis' nomination has been plagued by the same tax problems as Tim Geithner, and her husband Sam Sayyad paid an accumulated 16 years of taxes as Solis was being vetted for the post. She has also been outspokenly pro-labor on key issues, which led Republicans to question her impartiality.

As Labor Secretary, Solis will a department whose budgets and authority were scaled down under the Bush administration but are reviving again now.