On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > You don't remember Bush having problems with confirmations? > > Linda Chavez for Labor who, oops, turned out to have an illegal > immigrant nanny that she never paid employment taxes on.
>From Wiki In 2001, President George W. Bush nominated Chavez for Secretary of Labor. She was the first Hispanic woman nominated to a United States cabinet. She withdrew the nomination after it was revealed, through her neighbor Margaret "Peggy" Zwisler, that she had allegedly given money to Marta Mercado, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala who lived in her home more than a decade earlier. Contrary to some reports, Chavez did not actually employ Mercado, but provided her with emergency assistance due to the domestic abuse the woman had been facing at the time.[5] Chavez, Mercado, and National Review writer John Miller all stated that Mercado was not an employee of Chavez,[5] and both Miller and Mercado credit Chavez with helping her at a time when she needed it most.[3] A subsequent follow-up of the matter by the FBI found Chavez was not guilty of any wrongdoing. Chavez later helped Mercado find work at the Zwisler home.[3] Mercado is now a U.S. citizen.[6] Spencer Abraham for Energy who had sponsored a bill previously to abolish the > DOE. Never heard of him but what's wrong with that? Was his spouse making money form other governments he was dealing with/ Did he cheat on his taxes? Did he do anything unethical or just things you don't support? Bernard Kerik for Homeland Security who had an illegal alien > nanny and didn't pay taxes. One > Remember Harriet Meyers? She didn't pass the confirmation. What laws did she break? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287402 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
