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      <excerpt>...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 </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...next reporting period, which begins on January 1, 2010,&quot; 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 &quot;are outrageous and </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...next reporting period, which begins on January 1, 2010,&quot; 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 &quot;are outrageous</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...next reporting period, which begins on January 1, 2010,&quot; 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 &quot;are outrageous</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...an Obey spokesman, said the congressman was not laying blame but merely urging the White House to be diligent in its reporting. &quot;Dave Obey has a lifelong reputation for shooting straight,&quot; Brachman said. &quot;He calls them as he sees them, and that's just w</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...error has left administration officials red-faced and has subjected them to criticism from both sides of the aisle. Rep. Dave Obey, D-Wis., chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, wrote the $787 billion economic stimulus bill that Congress passe</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...their money, which has, according to one report, gone to 440 imaginary CDs.     These errors are not going unnoticed. Rep. Dave Obey (Wis.) sent a letter to the President scolding him for the &#8220;ludicrous mistakes&#8221; and demanding that: &quot;Whether the num</excerpt>
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