Thomas Perez

Type: Person

Name: Thomas Perez

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Attorney General Eric Holder goes off on Rep. Issa for “shameful” way he conducts himself

Attorney General Eric Holder By Your Black WorldDuring a House Judiciary Committee Hearing recently, Attorney General Eric Holder appeared to have finally had enough of Rep. Darrell Issa’s insinuations. Holder, who is typically even tempered, tore into ... [Published Westside Gazette - May 24 2013]

Entities: Eric Holder, Darrell Issa, Thomas Perez, Federal Records

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 4 reports

Barack Obama

Archuleta To Be Named To White House Post

Fox News LatinoKatherine ArchuletaU.S. Department of LaborPresident Barack Obama plans to nominate what would be the first Hispanic, if confirmed, to serve as director of the Office of Personnel Management, the White House announced Thursday.Katherine ... [Published Fox News Latino - May 23 2013]

Entities: White House, Barack Obama, Chief of Staff, Office of Personnel Management, Labor

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Republican Party (US)

WSJ 's Latest Frivolous Cry For Opposing Obama Nominee Demonstrates Need For "Nuclear Option"

The Wall Street Journal demonstrated why a Senate rule change that prevents filibusters against executive and judicial nominations may be overdue when it baselessly opposed yet another of President Obama's picks.Continuing its seemingly knee-jerk resistance ... [Published Media Matters for America - May 23 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Thomas Perez, Barack Obama, Nuclear

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Harry Reid

Reid: Immigration comes before Perez nomination

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday he won?t start to pick any big fights with Republicans because he?s afraid of upsetting the momentum to pass an immigration bill and that includes delaying President Obama?s Labor Department nominee. Thomas ... [Published Washington Times - May 23 2013]

Entities: Thomas Perez, Harry Reid, Immigration, Republican Party (US), Barack Obama

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Robert Menendez

Menendez Senate Floor Remarks on the Impending Confirmation of Thomas Perez

WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by New Jersey Senator Robert Menendez: "I ask my Republican colleagues to drop their empty rhetoric and baseless objections to Tom Perez's nomination when he comes before the full Senate for consideration. ... [Published HighBeam Research - May 22 2013]

Entities: Robert Menendez, Thomas Perez

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

IRS Internal Revenue Service

Scandals show government not the answer

'Ya think, DiNozzo?" Gibbs responds on NCIS when Agent Dinozzo offers something totally obvious. Today's question might better be, "Just what were they thinking?"Two recent headlines create the suspicion that all may well not be right. For me, the stories ... [Published RuidosoSearch.com - May 22 2013]

Entities: IRS Internal Revenue Service, Thomas Perez, Environmental Planning, Steve Pearce

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Bank of America Corp

Perez Framed Lenders As Racist In $600 Mil Shakedown

New evidence has emerged that Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez may have improperly prosecuted Wells Fargo, Bank of America and dozens of other banks for lending discrimination by using deficient mortgage data in investigations.IBD has learned the ... [Published Newsvine - May 21 2013]

Entities: Thomas Perez, Bank of America Corp, STANDARD OF PROOF, Mortgages

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Union opposes Pritzker;Trumka mum

White House officials are relatively sanguine they will get Penny Pritzker past the GOP gauntlet and into the Commerce Department -- but they'll need to keep organized labor from making a federal case out Pritzker's controversial family history in running ... [Published Politico - May 20 2013]

Entities: Penny Pritzker, Richard Trumka, Thomas Perez, AFL-CIO, Donald Taylor

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Congress’s conundrum: Investigate or legislate?

Every week that Congress is in session, The Washington Post’s Ed O’Keefe previews what’s expected to happen in the House and Senate:Can Congress productively legislate and conduct oversight investigations of a sitting president at the same time? This ... [Published Washington Post - May 20 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Ed O'Keefe, IRS Internal Revenue Service, Immigration

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Sen. Menendez Applauds Help Committee Approval of Perez While Blasting Ongoing Republican Obstructionism

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The office of Sen. Robert Menendez issued the following news release:Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chairman of the Senate Democratic Hispanic Task Force, issued a statement today urging the full Senate's prompt confirmation of Thomas ... [Published HighBeam Research - May 20 2013]

Entities: Robert Menendez, Thomas Perez, Hispanics

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Obama must act fast in order to survive

WASHINGTON – The road to confirmation of Thomas Perez as labor secretary got more dicey last week in the wake of a speech by the Republicans’ leading Hispanic, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, against the Obama administration’s emerging pattern of “intim ... [Published Buffalo News - May 20 2013]

Entities: Thomas Perez, Eric Holder, Barack Obama

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

More on Thomas Perez, disparate impact and the Supreme Court

Sean HigginsTerry Eastland focuses on Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez’s unusual quid pro quo with the city of St.Read more on WashingtonExaminer.comexaminerpolitics.com ... [Published Washington Examiner - May 19 2013]

Entities: Thomas Perez, Supreme Court, Sean Higgins, SS Eastland, Quid pro quo

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Mr. Smith Is Vaporized in the Fire of a Thousan... [Published TAPPED - May 21 2013]
Harry Reid Threatens Nuclear Option Again. Lucy... [Published Crooks and Liars - May 21 2013]
Perez Framed Lenders As Racist In $600 Mil Shak... [Published Newsvine - May 21 2013]
Union opposes Pritzker;Trumka mum [Published Politico - May 20 2013]
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