Another! Obama Nominee With Tax Troubles?

At the rate we're going, President Obama will out every last major domo in DC as a tax cheat. That's change we can be proud of.

Sadly, that's not his intent.

He's simply chosen a bunch of nominees who can't pay their taxes. The latest? Hilda Solis, whose husband had tax liens on his business for the last 15 years.

The husband of President Obama's Labor secretary nominee paid about $6,400 Wednesday to settle tax liens that had been outstanding for as long as 16 years against his business, the Obama administration told USA TODAY this afternoon.

The disclosure came shortly before a scheduled 2 p.m. meeting of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which will vote on Rep. Hilda Solis' nomination as labor secretary. The hearing was postponed; no reason was immediately revealed.

Los Angeles County records showed 15 outstanding state and county tax liens against Sam Sayyad and his auto repair business, totaling $7,630. Two other liens worth $981 were released in 1999 after Sayyad repaid the taxes owed, according to county records.

Solis' financial disclosures list Sayyad's business, Sam's Foreign and Domestic Auto Center, as one of the couple's main assets, worth between $50,000 and $100,000. The disclosure form Solis filed after her nomination also lists bank accounts containing between $250,000 and $500,000.

Solis and Sayyad were unaware of the liens until USA TODAY asked about them Tuesday, White House spokesman Tommy Vietor said. He said Sayyad paid about $6,400 to Los Angeles County on Wednesday to settle the liens, but he plans to appeal.

Vietor said Sayyad believes he had already paid all of his taxes in full. He said Solis had no reason to know of the liens because her husband's business is a sole proprietorship.

That last bit will depend on how their taxes were prepared and what Solis knew of her husband's business operations.

The Senate may finally get around to holding hearings on Solis today, even though Solis hasn't exactly been forthcoming over her role in American Rights at Work, a pro-union group. She was the Treasurer of the organization, but claims that she wasn't involved in direct lobbying. Given that lobbyists for an organization relies upon the Treasurer appropriating money for such actions, Solis and her supporters are reaching.

The White House has already said that she wouldn't recuse herself from decisions on Card Check even though ARW lobbied for it. At the same time, Solis didn't disclose her uncompensated service with ARW for three years, which he claims was an unintentional oversight.

What is it with all these Democrats claiming unintentional oversight when it comes to paying taxes, ethics rules, and law and order.

You'd think that they're saying one thing and doing another.

You'd be right.

They are.