Confirmation of a second cabinet member files files blocked Thursday because of unpaid taxes, according to USA TODAY revealed that the husband of Labor Secretary nominee Hilda Solis paid about $ 6400 this week to settle several tax liens against his company dating to 1993. Solis and her husband, Sam Sayyad was unaware of the liens against his auto shop to USA TODAY asked them Tuesday, White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said Thursday. Vietor said Sayyad went to Los Angeles County tax office and paid what he was told he owed - about $ 6400 - to settle outstanding liens.
Sayyad plans to appeal, Vietor said. Anthony Yakimowich, Chief deputy treasurer and tax collector for Los Angeles County, said his office will notify the delinquent taxpayer of record. The publication of the circumstances of the unpaid taxes prompted the Senate Health, Education, Labor and pensions committee Thursday to abruptly cancel a scheduled vote on Solis' nomination. The committee wants the administration to review the matter and report back, "said Anthony pollack, spokesman for Sen. .. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Chairman of the committee.
White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Solis will not be held responsible for man's activities. "Her husband had a problem," Gibbs said of Solis, a California Democratic. She is not a partner in this industry. We do not want to punish her for her husband the wrong business. "
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