Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. David Obey [D, WI-7]

Obey tours Ocean Spray plant in Wisconsin Rapids

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

...the House of Representatives Thanksgiving recess, U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, toured the Ocean Spray Cranberries processing plant today in Wisconsin Rapids. As part of the 2010 U.S. Department of Agriculture budget, the cranberry industry will garner

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Congress Appropriations Committee Chairman, Congressman Dave Obey, Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Murtha of Pennsylvania and Democratic ...

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Buzz begins to build for 2010 elections

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

US Congress District 7 -- Dan Mielke, R-Rudolph, and Ken Driessen, I-Hayward, are seeking the seat held by Dave Obey, D-Wausau. ...

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Plan way too costly

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Every two years Rep. Dave Obey (D-Wis.) heads down to the Marathon County Commission on Aging and threatens that residents must vote for him because ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

During the House of Representatives' Thanksgiving recess, US Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, toured the Ocean Spray Cranberries processing plant today in ...

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Buzz begins to build for 2010 elections

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

...D-Weston. U.S. Congress District 7 -- Dan Mielke, R-Rudolph, and Ken Driessen, I-Hayward, are seeking the seat held by Dave Obey, D-Wausau. Republican Ashland County District Attorney Sean Duffy has announced he is challenging Obey, but his name did not

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Where Did those Stimulus Jobs go? 58000 jobs Explained.

2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

I go with the opposition, and quote the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Dave Obey, ““We designed the Recovery Act to be open and transparent ...

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2009-11-22T00:00:00Z

Appropriations Committee Chairman Wisconsin Congressman Dave Obey, Defense Appropriations Subcommittee John Murtha of Pennsylvania and Connecticut ...

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Our View: Let's have Edgar football play the Lions

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

US Rep. Dave Obey is right to call out the inaccurate data on the stimulus-tracking Web site recovery.gov as an embarrassment. ...

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Our View: Transparency only as good as the information

2009-11-21T00:00:00Z

...are counted, but the jobs saved in the roadside diner where the workers eat lunch are not counted. But we agree with Rep. Dave Obey, a Democrat from Wisconsin, who said the gross errors puts the integrity of the federal government in question. "Credibil

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Oceangoing vessels face tougher DNR rules

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

The US House of Representatives passed a bill earlier this year setting stringent ballast water rules and Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, pushed through an ...

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2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

The move is being led by the appropriately named House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey, Representative John Murtha, who chairs that panel's ...

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Specter Goes Dove: Calls for Exit Strategy, No More Troops in Afghanistan

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Dave Obey (Wis.), Defense Appropriations Subcommittee John Murtha (Pa.), and Democratic Caucus chairman John Larsen ...

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Dem lawmakers introduce Afghan war surtax

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

...introduced legislation that would impose a surtax to pay for the war in Afghanistan. Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Dave Obey (Wis.), Defense Appropriations Subcommittee John Murtha (Pa.), and Democratic Caucus chairman John Larsen (Conn.) say

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Dairy Farmers Might Get Their $290 Million Before Christmas

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

Caruso noted that using MILC to disburse the money was favored by Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl (D-Milwaukee) and Wisconsin Rep. Dave Obey (D-Wausau). ...

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2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

WASHINGTON DC - US Rep. Dave Obey (D-Wis), the Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, US Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), the Chairman of the Defense ...

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McCollum cosponsors bill imposing surtax for Afghan war

2009-11-20T00:00:00Z

...the legislation by powerful members of the Democratic caucus, including the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Dave Obey of Wisconsin, and the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Barney Frank. “For the last year, as we’v

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Obey critical of stimulus reporting, defends stimulus spending

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

Wisconsin Democrat Dave Obey is defending the stimulus bill that he helped write, even as he attacks a government website designed to track its success. ...

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LETTER: Health reform is not popular with public

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

Rep. Dave Obey was on television extolling the value of this legislation, saying it was what his constituents told him they want. ...

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Feds: False congressional districts removed from stimulus site

2009-11-19T00:00:00Z

...next reporting period, which begins on January 1, 2010," the board said in a news release. The errors raised the ire of U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wisconsin, and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. On Monday, he said the mistakes "are outrageous

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