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Rep. David Obey
Democrat • 7th District, Wisconsin • 21st Term • Sworn In 1969
- 9 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 195 of 440) 5 Made Into Law (Ranks 1 of 440)
- 32 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 437 of 440) 4 Made Into Law (Ranks 113 of 440)
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- Votes with party 98%
- Abstains: 1%
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With Real Guts, They'd Tax Us For This Buildup
The surtax's proponent, Rep. Dave Obey, makes the sound point that if national health insurance reform had to be “deficit neutral” (it did! ...
Nancy Pelosi may support war tax for Afghanistan
In addition to Appropriations Committee Chairman Wisconsin Congressman Dave Obey, Defense Appropriations Subcommittee John Murtha of Pennsylvania and ...
Guest column: House gets health-care reform bill right
Steve Kagen, Tammy Baldwin, Ron Kind, Gwen Moore, and Dave Obey, who voted for the bill, and have every right to be very disappointed in Reps. ...
RE: David Obey
In Congress, Democrats are growing increasingly vocal in their opposition to a troop increase, with Rep. Dave Obey (D-Wis.) saying this week that there ...
RE: David Obey
Congressman Dave Obey and ten other Democratic House members are sponsoring the surtax to pay for the war in Afghanistan. Obey says if President Obama goes ...
Cranberry growers get funding boost
Having finished what many expect will be a high-yielding harvest this year, south Wood County-area cranberry growers now are looking ahead to increased research in 2010. Although many local companies already have strong relationships with researchers,
Research funding excites cranberry growers
...a federal lawmaker for helping to appropriate $1.25 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture funding next year. U.S. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, met with the group while on Thanksgiving recess Monday afternoon at the Ocean Spray Cranberries processing pl
Letter: Health reform is not popular with public
Rep. Dave Obey was on television extolling the value of this legislation, saying it was what his constituents told him they want. ...
Federal funding to drive cranberry industry in 2010
US Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, met with the group while on Thanksgiving recess Monday afternoon at the Ocean Spray Cranberries processing plant in Wisconsin ...
Buzz begins to build for 2010 elections
US Congress District 7 -- Dan Mielke, R-Rudolph, and Ken Driessen, I-Hayward, are seeking the seat held by Dave Obey, D-Wausau. ...
Buzz begins to build for 2010 elections
...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
Plan way too costly
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 ...
Obey tours Ocean Spray plant in Wisconsin Rapids
...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
RE: David Obey
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey (D-Wis.) told POLITICO. ?We felt conscience bound to speak up? ?It?s conditional, but if we?re going to ...
RE: David Obey
Congress Appropriations Committee Chairman, Congressman Dave Obey, Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman John Murtha of Pennsylvania and Democratic ...
RE: David Obey
During the House of Representatives' Thanksgiving recess, US Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wausau, toured the Ocean Spray Cranberries processing plant today in ...
RE: David Obey
Appropriations Committee Chairman Wisconsin Congressman Dave Obey, Defense Appropriations Subcommittee John Murtha of Pennsylvania and Connecticut ...
Where Did those Stimulus Jobs go? 58000 jobs Explained.
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 ...
Our View: Transparency only as good as the information
...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
Our View: Let's have Edgar football play the Lions
US Rep. Dave Obey is right to call out the inaccurate data on the stimulus-tracking Web site recovery.gov as an embarrassment. ...
Specter Goes Dove: Calls for Exit Strategy, No More Troops in Afghanistan
Appropriations Committee chairman Rep. Dave Obey (Wis.), Defense Appropriations Subcommittee John Murtha (Pa.), and Democratic Caucus chairman John Larsen ...
McCollum cosponsors bill imposing surtax for Afghan war
...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
Oceangoing vessels face tougher DNR rules
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 ...
Dairy Farmers Might Get Their $290 Million Before Christmas
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). ...
RE: David Obey
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 ...
RE: David Obey
The move is being led by the appropriately named House Appropriations Committee Chairman Dave Obey, Representative John Murtha, who chairs that panel's ...
Dem lawmakers introduce Afghan war surtax
...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
Obey critical of stimulus reporting, defends stimulus spending
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. ...
Panel wants answers on stimulus data
...next reporting period, which begins on January 1, 2010," the board said in a news release. The errors raised the ire of Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wisconsin, and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. On Monday, he said the mistakes "are outrageous and
Our View: Can Wisconsin be model for health care fix?
Rep. Dave Obey, who after 40-plus years in Washington is among the longest-serving members of Congress, told Gannett Wisconsin Media last week that this ...
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