republicans on the house oversight committee who are demanding to know whether the white house illegally used taxpayer money for political purposes released this audiotape today which they claim reveals hilda will solis asking a subordinate to contribute money and recruit others for a fund-raiser for a pro-obama group while she was still secretary of labor in 2012. hi. this is hilda solis calling. just calling you off-the-record here. i wanted to ask you if you could help us get folks organized to come to a fund-raiser that we re doing for organizing for america for obama campaign. i wanted to ask you if you might help contribute or get other folks to help out. just calling off the record. is what solis did actually illegal? well, that was never officially determined because the office of special counsel which was looking into her activities in that call, they effectively dropped the case when solis
democrat the governor of oklahoma republican saying they are worrying about the uncertainty the impact it will have on jobs and impact it will have on state budget. washington will come up with the bright idea of offsetting costs having the costs paid by state governments so bottom line they want to be treated like partners and not like underlings shep? more cabinet members have to decide whether they re staying on for the second term, right? that s correct. it is a fluid situation but here is the latest. labor secretary ill solis announced president obama called her a critical member of economic team. a senior white house official says three others are staying in their current post. kathleen sebelius at health and human services. aaron and eric holder at justice as attorney general. meanwhile expected the white house will name jack lew as his choice to be the next treasury secretary as early as tomorrow. sources know lew has been at the president s side for some