• Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA) has reportedly been selected as the next Secretary of Labor. The daughter of Mexican and Nicaraguan immigrants and the only congressmember of Central American descent, Solis is strongly pro-union earned a 100% rating from the AFL-CIO last year.
• Physicist John Holdren has reportedly been selected as the president's science adviser.
• Rahm Emanuel's brother Zeke will reportedly "serve as a senior counselor at the White House Office of Management and Budget on health policy" and "work closely with Department of Health and Human Services secretary-nominee Tom Daschle to formulate a national health insurance program and to try to curb the swelling cost of health insurance without adversely impacting health care."
• Three more economic posts filled: Mary Schapiro will head the Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler will head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and Daniel Tarullo will fill an open seat on the Federal Reserve board. I don't know fuck-all about any of them.
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