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Tom Perez, the assistant U.S. attorney general for civil rights and former secretary of Maryland's Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation.
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama on Monday will nominate Tom Perez, head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, as his next labor secretary, a White House official said.
Perez, a Harvard-educated civil rights attorney whose nomination was championed by Hispanic groups, would replace Hilda Solis, who resigned in January.
Obama has been criticized for a lack of diversity in his Cabinet choices so far, particularly by Latinos, who are an influential voting bloc and have pushed for more representation in government.
If confirmed by the Senate, Perez, the son of immigrants from the Dominican Republican, will take on a prominent role in the Cabinet as Obama seeks to raise the minimum wage and advance immigration reform, two key pledges he made at the beginning of his second term.
The White House described Perez as a pragmatist who led the Justice Department in settling three major cases on behalf of families targeted by unfair mortgage lending practices, and who stepped up enforcement of human trafficking laws.
But Perez is expected to face tough scrutiny from Republicans. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has already voiced concerns.
Leading House Democrat says job creation, not deficit cutting, is immediate priority
An internal government investigation released last week found the Justice Department office that enforces voting laws - part of the civil rights division overseen by Perez - has been beset by political infighting.
The report, by the Justice Department's Inspector General, was critical of Perez for what it called an incomplete statement he gave in 2010 about a case of alleged voter intimidation.
Perez began his career as a civil rights prosecutor at the Justice Department, and later was head of the civil rights office at the Department of Health and Human Services.
He spent time working as a special counsel to the late Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy on civil rights issues.
Perez served in local government in the Washington suburb of Montgomery County, Maryland. Later, he was labor secretary in Maryland's state government, where he worked on reforms for state lending and foreclosure rules.
His wife, Ann Marie Staudenmaier, is a lawyer with the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless.
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The Heeeerverd clan, along with Wall Street "Fat Cats", continues in this administration.
Maybe Perez will have the guts to FIRE the UNCONSTITUTIONAL NLRB employees Mr. Obama "appointed" during the Congressional recess.
What I really like to see....infighting between the DOJ and other "Progressive agencies" instead of going after individuals and businesses.
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Still waiting on "Fast and Furious" (over two years is enough) and "Benghazi" (over six months is enough) truth.
ldo, you are an IDiOt...for wanting to see infighting...
Now back to this news
good choice
Time to increase the minimum wage. When people feel rewarded for their hard work, they are more likely to feel happy, their morale higher, their productivity better, their employers reaping more profits.
P.S.:
Good choice. Perez has a lot of experiences at many levels of government - evidence from the news:
We need immigration reform but I'm sure any reform that comes out of this administration/congress will be terrible. We need to make it as easy as possible to become a citizen.
Thank you Piggy for you nice Progressive comments. Same old M.O. and getting more and more like FLYesity.
Posters know they are right when a Progressive attacks that poster.
Yep, Progressive infighting is a good thing. Keep up the good work. Wait a minute....Mr. "Canary" has been going "against" Mr. Obama's statements lately during his White House Press meetings....time to reign him in.
And NO....Mr. Obama is not moving this country in the right direction.
Satanink,
Oh yeah lets make easyer to become a citizen, hell lets just say if you are here you can stay, et food stamps and vote. That way China, Iran, Iraq. can all get a good grip on this country. Then with the cartels from the south we will be in great shape. You are either a morron or an invader.
As for you Pig, you should study what you are talking about be fore you talk. The minimum wage is not designed to be the average wage. It is to keep employers from paying next to nothing for low level jobs, like flipping burgers, to rise the pay on those jobs now would just lose those jobs also. No what they need him doing is helping reesstablish jobs here, really jobs not McD's, and walmart. we need manufacturing jobs to keep this country stong. Taxes on imports, no tax cuts for American Companies that send jobs over seas ect....
Focus on the mirror. Pigs have feelings to! cute little snuggles.
Any way,The people. Yes back to the humans... Thank-You to our president whom I only witness 4 the good of man.
The 2 of them together I feel are both highly opinionated with Golden Oats' intended.
Minimum wage,'" dude, everyone should be thankful there is A place called life;[A breath of freedom] to indeed create A concreted idea , MONEY./ <3
Perez received an A.B. in international relations and political science from Brown University in 1983, a J.D. cum laude in 1987 from Harvard Law School and a Master of Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government also in 1987.
What degree do you have?
Another appointment by Obama that's not an African-American. Hey Obama, when the Black Caucus said they wanted "diversity" in the cabinet appointments, they meant that they wanted BLACKS appointed. They don't care about getting latinos nominated.
Either Obama is racist for not nominating blacks or he is correct in his hiring practices that no blacks are qualified.
Which is it liberals? Where is affirmitive action when you need it?
President Obama remodeling America for the Better "Forward" !!!
"We did not find that Perez intentionally misled the commission,"
The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth..... unless you're a liberal....
Re-Elect Obama 2012...... Citizen, United States of America.... that is the ONLY credentials I need....
Perez is a HACK for the left.... he does what he's TOLD..... he's a good little leftist....
Perez is holder's little racist bitch. Obama continues to stack his cabinets with these worthless pieces of @!$%#.
another piece of crap nominee from the POS in the WH
Well if you have a worthless piece of @!$%# in the WH naturally they surround themselves with what they know. Thanks to the worthless welfare rats we have 4 more yrs of stealing from the taxpayer to pay for the scum that won't take any responsibility for themselves and we're giving food stamps to the illegals in this country bypassing our own citizens. Of course it won't be mentioned here on the lame stream media because their lapdogs might get mad at their freebies being given away but then again they don't have a mind of their own.
in response to post #1.7: There is a saying that goes--those who can, do; those who can't, teach. Lots of degrees don't mean a thing.
Interesting Piggy, a propagandist for NBC, is now citing NBC as a source to support her "position". That's like my saying: "I'm obviously right, because that is what I just said a second ago".
Another FAILURE just like OBOZO
Hey OBOZO WHERE ARE ALL THE JOBS YOU PROMISED?
Scott - let me finish it...
Those who can, DO... Those who can't, TEACH... Those who can't teach work for the public school system.
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Taxpayers bailed out major banks and other corporations such as AIG during the Great Recession that was caused by the Wall Street and other corporate fat cats. The middle class not only bailed out corporations, these people of the Middle class have suffered more from the recession due to job losses and forclosures.
Now the economy is doing better, unemployment is lower, it's time to reward the hard working middle class with an increase in minimum wage.
With this pick, the President has continued to promote diversity inside his White House. The country is moving in the right direction.
@Poigotry..how does raising the minimum wage help the middle class????? All raising the minimum wage does is make the U.S. less competitive in the international market by making our goods cost more. As less U.S. goods sell overseas, more U.S. companies close or lay-off. As more U.S. companies lay-off, more people enter the ranks of welfare and food stamps, the trademark of the Obama Administration.
People who are earning minimum wage are not in the middle class so increasing the minimum wage does nothing to help the middle class, it might actually weaken it considering that the cost of employing someone will be raised.
Taxpayers bailed out major banks and other corporations such as AIG during the Great Recession that was caused by the Wall Street and other corporate fat cats. The middle class not only bailed out corporations, these people of the Middle class have suffered more from the recession due to job losses and forclosures.
The government and the Fed created the Great recession, Wall Street/main street just blindly followed. There should have been no bailouts and no stimulus.
higher minimum wage, higher morale, better productivity, more disposable income for the poor who can spend the new income, more demand for the market, it's going to benefit all, including the middle class.
The higher wages don't just come out of thin air, the employer has to pay them. The government keeps increasing the cost of employment through regulations, taxes, minimum wage laws and by increasing the legal exposure employers face. This drives up the cost of consumer prices and keeps wages stagnant. How does that benefit the middle class or the poor? It is a detriment. In a free market prices would fall. In our economy prices continually rise faster than our incomes. This can all be traced back to government intervention and the minimum wage laws are a very good example of that.
Yep, small businesses will certainly HIRE more people if the minimum wage is raised. That minimum wage is really going to help the Middle Class so the poor folks will be left in the dust AGAIN.
Wait a minute....ObamaCare has already started having an effect on small businesses because they are laying off more people or having them work less hours.
Time to have Trumpka use the revolving Oval Office door again to discuss this matter. Maybe the Unions could get involved, or maybe another campaign tour to Detroit.
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Piggy has seen the light....he/she has now reverted from "Middle Class" to the "Poor" in his/her comments. What a quick transition. Just another Progressive tactic.
ldo,
True about the minimum wage. We just had a increase here, several businesses are already cutting hours and some are laying off and others are closing completely. It has cost me over a thousand dollars in wages a month extra since becoming law 1/1/13. By the way, Perez' department is not just infighting, they are discriminating against conservatives in the so-called justice department, when the conservatives agree with Obama's liberal cronies. Oh and Perez is investigating civil rights violations here?
What's the minimum wage in your State?
Piggy, If you are working for minimum wage you are not midle class, well maybe if you are still in school. You have got to be kidding me if you believe unemployment is down, Where do you live China? not only are more people jobless, More people are underemployed. You are looking at the stats that come from unemployment, these are scewed because they do not show the people who's benifits have run out, and now are on welfare or nothing. Again study what you are talking about before you give false info!
Pigotry lets just see how long it is before it is found out another Cabinet member in the Obama administration has not paid his taxes. You also were not heard from on Friday in regards to the report about the grand jury investigation in Miami about the ever so honorable Senator from New Jersey Robert Menendez about influence peddling, first stiffing under age prostitutes ,free plane trips and now this but it is more important to make comments about unelected speakers at the CPAC convention that care about what our elected officials do. Must be wonderful to live in that big glass house on that One Way Street and also nothing from the Fisted Red head either she living in that same glass house
Oregon's minimum wage is $8.95 per hour; with exceptions for tipped employees, some student workers, and other exempt occupations. Oregon's minimum wage is greater than the Federal Minimum Wage.
$18,616 is the income of a minimum wage employee, working full-time, 40-hours per week.
$19,090 per year is the "poverty income level" for a family of 3 in Oregon (Father, Mother, 1 child)
$23,050 per year is the "poverty income level" for a family of 4 in Oregon (Father, Mother, 2 children)
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You do the math, and then give us your definitions of what represents employment fairness and equity, ...and what represents servitude and bondage.
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The 13th Amendment to the US Constitution abolished slavery in the United States of America. It was ratified in December of 1865, more than 147 years ago. and yet, inexplicably it appears that the Republican Party has still not gotten the memo! Go figure?
I hate to burst your little bubble Robert in Oregon, but you really need to read up on your history about who abolished slavery. And who was for it.
You need to study modern history of the 2 parties since 1900 and the emergence of the Republican Southern Strategy.
@RE-Elect
As usual, another one of them living in the past refusing to acknowledge history and today's environment.
No wonder that party can't help us move forward. They're too mired in the long ago past. Unfortunately it comes as no surprise. The Party of Lincoln died many years ago. They just keep trying to revise history so it seems like today.
They'll soon become the next Whig Party at this rate. Sad, very sad.
Robert,
You must be one of them Portland liberal @!$%#s, I live the real part of Oregon (down in the southern part). I earned minimum wage back when it was 3.35 an hour. I had a roommate that I paid rent with, walked to work, etc. It sucked, but it's called being poor. It got me off my ass and got a degree, so now I'm middle class..... thinking I was better off poor.
Minimum wage was never intended to give a middle class life style... of course welfare wasn't either....
It's too bad that the liberal pieces of @!$%# in this country seem to think that a middle class life style is a right. Guess what, it isn't, you have to @!$%#ing work for it.
I'm always amused by you low lifes on the right who are sure they're better Christians and Americans then us. Come to find out they would have zero problem with depriving us of our rights just so they can have it their way.
Sorry, the last election proved that this country doesn't do stupid anymore. You're is a fading ideology of hatred that is quickly fading away. You won't be missed.
Your diatribe is nonsensical. And resorting to multiple profanities to state your point does not make it more forceful, nor make it more true. It merely makes you appear foolish and ineloquent.
Do you actually believe that where a person happens to live, their having more education, or having a different socio-political point of view from your own makes them not "real"? Those are pretty peculiar value judgements.
Earning an income above the poverty line does not mean you meet the definition of "middle class". Your post suggests you are unaware of the actual socio-economic definitions of the terms used by the government.
There is a vast disparity between "poverty" and "middle class"; they do not share a line of demarcation.
Perhaps the most profoundly repressive aspect about living below the poverty line - and the reason why it is so imperative that "minimum wage" be a true "living wage" - is that ones opportunities and options for climbing out of poverty (through education, training, pay raises, etc) are limited or non-existent when there is not even enough income to pay for food and housing each week despite carrying full-time employment.
And life for those in poverty is too often just one missed paycheck away from desperation, and having to turn to the state for assistance. How is our society advantaged by keeping a significant percentage of working class people continually on the edge of financial desperation, and forced to turn to the state for assistance (which is paid for by tax dollars)?
You may want to reexamine your 'Moral Compass', as it appears you may have lost your compassion pointer somewhere along the course of your life, and replaced it with anger and profanity. That's unfortunate. Hard working fellow human beings struggling to climb out of poverty deserve our respect, and normal human empathy and compassion; not our scorn and ridicule. Food for thought ...
If raising the minimum wage to $9 or $10 is a good idea wouldn't raising it to $50 be a better one? Why not $100?
do you have fever?
cool down...then we can have a healthy debate
Phasing in over 3 years is totally reasonable. That's how it was done the last time and the Republic survived. Quit your whining.
Why not raise the minimum wage to $100,000 a year? Doesn't EVERYONE deserve to live the good life? Why stop at $9, $15, or even $25 an hour..... $100,000 for EVERYONE........
what's the matter Pigotry? You said if wages go up then moral and demand goes with it. You are an idiot Piggy. Let me let you in a something that everybody already knows, if the price of gas goes to 6 dollars a gallon then everything goes up in price...except the price people get paid to work. Thats right the people will suffer before someone's business suffers. Think about what you are saying about how you think the wages should go up because , just like gas, the price of labor and food and everything we people need to survive goes up in price. It won't change anything because when prices go up taxes go up even more then you have to buy cheaper food, gas, tires, ...pretty much have to buy china made products to make ends meet. Revolution will be the only answer left in America. Guns and ammo are the next necessity along with growing your own food
OMG are you an utter fool - my God do you even think at all or do you just spew out venom and ignorance
Why not have government set the price on everything? $1 per gallon gas - wouldn't that be a good idea?
The government has already price fixed arguably the most important price, the price of money and look at what a disaster thats been. Central economic planning never works.
Thomas, I'm all for that. how about we check China on free trade also? Oh yeah and kick out all the Illegals, Quit giving out so much free stuff to people that want to lay on there ASS all day. No cell phone, no cable no fast food, hair extentions, press on nails w/polish...ect...and drug test them if you are going to keep drug testing me!!!!!!
do you think your rant made it clear enough who you were directing your racist comments to. you can be more specific if you want to - those of us with a brain are quite accustomed to fools
I don't believe a race was mentioned by mayo. Only you for ever stupid
I makes no difference the President nominates, the republinots will filibuster him or her. The GOPs thrive on stalemating government no matter what the expense. And then there's the matter of all those Federal judgeships their holding back on....
How come every other Democratic president was able to work with a Republican congress? You are stupid, stupid, stupid.
Because the Tea Party extremists didn't exist before the 2008 elections.
why you ask did other Presidents work well with Republicans, not sure if Cruz, Palin, Paul, Ryan, Rove were born yet or at least not too verbal - the Republican Party has been invaded by supreme idiot, idealist who have 1 One goal - to oppose President Obama - just a bunch of damn ignorant spoiled brats whose mom and dad told them they were special - not so much
Tom Perez? Blocked. Filbusted. Better have 60 votes. Perez? Hell no. Save us from Harvard.
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What a disgrace.
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Hmmm! No labor experience?...
Perez had served as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation (DLLR) from January 2007, when he was appointed to that position by Governor Martin O'Malley, until his October 2009 confirmation by the United States Senate as Assistant Attorney General
oh goody, another filibuster to save us from the UN's Kenyan Muslim warlord dictator. Get Sarah Palin sucking on a soda to get 'em hootin an a hollerin, praise Jaysis
This guy is a professional government slug. We need someone with real world experience.
Good choice if Obama wants to continue vote pandering for his party from the Latino community. Hillary probably agrees while she readies for 2016 but Benghazi will haunt her forever.
Why not just choose Abbie Hoffman or William Ayers. Both are just as disgusting as this anti-American pig.
@navyvet(which I doubt)
Just another bagger hating everything President Obama does. No reason for it, just pure hatred. It's like stupid unleashed.
You're "small" and trifling. There is zero hope for you and your kind. Mired in ignorance and could care less. .
please tell us all what a "bagger" is
Scott
Why am I even explaining this to you. Scheese!
OK, baggers is a derivation of tea bagger, what members of the tea party called themselves before somebody explained to them what it meant. Hence, "bagger".
not to change the subject, but has anyone viewed the movie The Bible - uncanny resemblance of the character satan to President Obama - gotta love those christians - they will get their digs in one way or the other -
..... are you also, for ever stupid......
for ever dum,
Still not quite as distasteful as President Bush's head on a stick in HBO's "Game of Thrones".
David Vitter, the LA congressman who had the DC madam on speeddial, is going to filibuster the nomination. Why is that no surprise?
Three or four more stories about this and they will about have it covered.
He's still likely to be FAR less corrupt (and anti-American) than Elaine Chao.
Just for grins and giggles and to throw off the pundit class, how about republicans NOT oppose an Obama nominee and just hold a regular hearing, vote him out of committee to the full Senate and they just hold a standard vote to confirm him. This would be a two day process, save lots of time and money, and leave the Senators with time to deal with real issues facing the country instead of grandstanding for weeks over a non-issue. That would really get people's attention!
my company used to have people who actually did the job manage and train new hires . they have since forced them out either with buyouts or firings. now my last three bosses who ive had in last year are college grads with no knowledge of job but they have degree's but they are worthless at breasts on a bull.
anita im in agreement and im rep leaning independent unless thegop is intent on blocking any of the presidents nominations they should just let him choose whomever. all these hearings do is waste time and money and serves no productive purpose.
omg just in no easter egg roll posibly