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Marc Ambinder - Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal and a contributing editor at The Atlantic. More

Marc Ambinder is the White House correspondent for National Journal. He previously served as the politics editor, and is now a contributing editor, for The Atlantic, where he curated the influential Politics channel on TheAtlantic.com and contributed to the magazine. He was also a chief political consultant to CBS News. Earlier, at NJ's Hotline, Ambinder was the founding editor of "Hotline On Call," a pathbreaking political news blog. He also worked as a producer and reporter for the ABC News Political Unit and was one of the founders of ABC's "The Note." Born in New York City, raised in Central Florida, Ambinder is a 2001 graduate of Harvard and lives in Washington, D.C.

The White House Will Get Its Labor Secretary

By Marc Ambinder
Feb 24 2009, 11:31 AM ET Comment

According to labor and Senate sources, there will be a vote later this afternoon on the confirmation of Hilda Solis as labor secretary. It's an up or down vote (thank Republicans, you guys, for agreeing to one), and so Solis is slated for confirmation. Republicans held up the vote as a way to protest "card check" legislation down the pike; they've made their point; given that 'card check' is not on deck, there's no reason to delay her anymore.



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