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

Spending vs. jobs a Dem dilemma

2009-11-07T00:00:00Z

...years. Rep. Steve LaTourette, R-Ohio, wants to tap into unspent stimulus funds, but House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey, D-Wis., opposes it. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., proposes a 4-6-year program that would be financed by a securities trans

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Doyle to meet with president at White House

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...Deval Patrick is scheduled to focus on the health-care proposals being debated in Congress. Doyle is also meeting with U.S. Rep Dave Obey, D-Wausau, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., about health care. You must be logged in to leave a comm

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Battle lines drawn as health care reform vote looms

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...in January. On Thursday, as thousands of conservatives protested the House bill outside the Capitol, local residents visited Rep. Dave Obey's Wausau office to urge him to vote against the bill. Obey, who spoke to the demonstrators by phone from Washingt

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Wisconsin update

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...scheduled to focus on the health-care proposals being debated in Congress. Doyle is also meeting with Wisconsin Congressman Dave Obey and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to talk about health care. MILWAUKEE Your Thanksgiving dinner could cost more in

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Lawmakers intervene for Great Lakes ships

2009-11-01T00:00:00Z

...would be exempt from an upcoming federal clean-air rule while navigating the Great Lakes as a result of intervention by Rep. Dave Obey and another powerful congressman. In addition to the shield for 13 steamships, 40 other diesel fuel burning ships woul

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Dave Obey, Steve Kagen challengers catch national Republican leaders eye

2009-11-01T00:00:00Z

...prosecutor Sean Duffy has impressed national Republican campaign officials with his early fundraising in his bid to unseat Rep. Dave Obey. In his first three months as a candidate, Duffy collected $139,471, according to his campaign committee's Oct. 15

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Obey, Kagen challengers catch GOP leaders eye

2009-10-31T00:00:00Z

Group sees farms producing energy

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...a Milwaukee engineering firm, he said. "There's also about $500,000 in the 2010 federal budget through the work of (U.S. Rep. Dave) Obey," Larson said. Mullins Dairy neighbors the agriculture farm and is interested in piping the methane produced for ene

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Senate, House pass legislation exempting Great Lakes ships from EPA rule

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...Protection Agency rule that aims to reduce sulfur emissions. The exemption — pushed by Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., and Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wis., — was attached to the Interior Appropriations bill. “Laying up half of the Great Lakes fleet in one fell

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The good, the bad, and the ugly Oct. 23

2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

... is no more than window dressing on the party bigwigs' efforts to endorse their candidate of choice, Sean Duffy, to run against Congressman Dave Obey. ...

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Wisconsin lawmakers have smorgasbord of federal health care options

2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

...He said he doesn't pay for the attending physician service because he doesn't use it. Daniel Bachhuber, spokesman for Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, says the congressman pays the attending physician fee "as a supplement to his Blue Cross Blue Shield plan. He

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Lawmakers may pick from many health care options

2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

Daniel Bachhuber, spokesman for Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, says the congressman pays the attending physician fee "as a supplement to his Blue Cross Blue ...

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Lawmakers praise deal on Medicare payments

2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

...for providing high-quality care at lower costs than their counterparts in other states where the health care is no better. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, said at a news conference that the agreement prevents a confrontation between lawmakers from different r

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Lawmakers praise deal on Medicare payments

2009-10-23T00:00:00Z

Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, said at a news conference that the agreement avoids a confrontation between lawmakers from different regions. ...

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Deal on Medicare payments boosts House health bill

2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

...tougher to deal with in Congress than a formula fight. This has been a strategy to avoid that kind of fight, said Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wis. The end result is that Medicare will reimburse on the basis of quality, not on the basis of how many votes each fact

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2009-10-22T00:00:00Z

Wisconsin Congressman Dave Obey says the next step in getting that assistance out will be for the USDA to undertake a 30-day expedited rule making process ...

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South Shore harbors may get federal help

2009-10-20T00:00:00Z

Congressman Dave Obey's $4 million request to finance water and sewer projects in northwestern Wisconsin awaits senate approval and the president's ...

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Column: Who decides matters of war?

2009-10-20T00:00:00Z

Rep. Dave Obey, Oct. 8. I've often taken Rep. Obey to task for some of his spending priorities but when he is right, I should say so. ...

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2009-10-19T00:00:00Z

He is currently the fourth-longest serving Democratic House member, behind John Dingell, John Conyers and Dave Obey.

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