David Obey

Everybody Eats Where? In Los Angeles, Il Ristorante di Giorgio Baldi, a Final Toast to My Friend

Mara Gibbs | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: Rihanna, Steven Spielberg, Giorgio Baldi, Tom Cruise, Los Angeles, President Bill Clinton, Gwyneth Paltrow, David Obey, Los Angeles News

I received sad news on Monday that my friend, teacher and favorite restaurateur Giorgio Baldi died over the weekend. Giorgio was a legendary character.

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House Republicans Amplify Attacks On Elizabeth Warren, Consumer Protection

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elizabeth Warren, Congress, Lynn Westmoreland, Financial Reform, Bachus, Wall Street Reform, Thaddeus McCotter, Federal Reserve, Monetary Policy, Regulation, Obama, Foreclosure Settlment, The Fed, Stephen Lynch, Politics, Mortgages, Cfpb, Payday Lending, Foreclosure Crisis, Neugebauer, Payday Lenders, Mortgage Crisis, Payday Loans, Credit Cards, David Obey, Steve Pearce, Servicers, Sean Duffy, Wall Street, Hearing, Inflation, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Huizenga, Foreclosure Deal, Banks, Gary Ackerman, Brad Miller, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- In a hearing marked by openly hostile questioning from House Republicans, consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren made her highly anticipated...

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Chris Dodd, David Obey Reflect On Decline Of Congress, Close Era Of Congressional Comity

Bloomberg News | Albert R. Hunt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Democratic Agenda, Republican Party, David Obey Interview, Nancy Pelosi, Gop, Chris Dodd Interview, Chris Dodd, David Obey, Politics News

In separate interviews, Dodd and Obey reflected on rich experiences and contemporary concerns. Both are liberal Democrats -- Obey more so -- who care ...

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Race To The Top Embroiled In Budget Fight That Could Cost Colorado Chance At Winning

Education News Colorado | Todd Engdahl | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado, Arne Duncan, Education Reform, David Obey, Race to the Top, Jared Polis, Denver News

Colorado Rep. Jared Polis, D-2nd District, and seven other House members sent a letter to Obey Thursday, asking him to withdraw the plan....

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146 Votes Away From Afghanistan Exit

Tom Andrews | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Afghanistan, Pakistan, War, Jim McGovern, David Obey, Barack Obama, War Supplemental, Politics News

The WikiLeaks documents demonstrate why those 162 Members of the House were so right in casting their vote against an open ended military commitment to the government of Afghanistan.

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David Obey: How The House Has Changed Over 40 Years

Politico | David Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House Now and Then, Rep. David Obey, Obey, David Obey, Rep. Obey, Obey House, David Obey House, Politics News

Rep. Dave Obey (D-Wis.) came to Congress in the spring of 1969 after winning a special election to succeed Republican Melvin Laird, who had left the H...

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54 Percent Want Afghan Exit, but Petraeus Could Nix Peace Talks with Terror Naming

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan, Nancy Pelosi, David Petraeus, CBS News, Walter Jones, Joe Biden, Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable, Jim McGovern, State Department, David Obey, Afghan Taliban, World News

Petraeus is pushing to have the Haqqani network, a key component of the Afghan Taliban, designated as a terrorist group.This move would undermine the policy in support of negotiations with the Afghan Taliban.

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On Afghanistan, Michael Steele Speaks for Me

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan, Walter Jones, Associated Press, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee, Jim McGovern, David Obey, Afghanistan War, Rep Mike Honda, Nancy Pelosi, Michael Steele, E.J. Dionne, Washington Post, Brad Woodhouse, Bill Frist, Afghan Taliban, Politics News

Brad Woodhouse and the DNC owe all of us an apology for attacking Michael Steele on his Afghanistan remarks, but I would settle for a commitment not to engage in this sort of behavior in the future.

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Education Reforms Will Miss the 'Top' Without Broader Consensus

Scott Lilly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Susan Collins, Education, Economic Stimulus Package, Arne Duncan, Jonathan Alter, Diane Ravitch, Olympia Snowe, President Obama, Race to the Top, Lamar Alexander, Lindsey Graham, David Obey, Blue Dog Democrats, Politics News

I am sure that Jonathan Alter's recent column in Newsweek, is as funny to the lobbyists of teacher unions as it is to me. The column is in fact not about Congress, but rather about Rep. David Obey (D-WI).

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Baucus Proposes Cutting Broadband Build Out to Fund Tax Credits: Cut Programs That Create Jobs to Fund What Doesn't?

Harold Feld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Infrastructure Investment, Tax Credits, Economic Stimulus Package, Broadband Infrastructure, National Infrastructure, Broadband Stimulus, Max Baucus, David Obey, Business News

Politicians, news reporters, and now voters have become obsessed with deficit reduction. Unfortunately, this "deficit cutting fever" now threatens the money previously allocated for the broadband stimulus programs.

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David Obey Retiring: Powerful House Appropriations Committee Chairman Won't Seek Re-Election In Wisconsin

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Obey Retiring, David Obey Retiring, Obey, David Obey, Obey Re-Election, David Obey Re-Election, Obey Wisconsin, 2010 Elections, Dave Obey, David Obey Wisconsin, Dave Obey Retire, Dave Obey Retiring, Elections 2010, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Rep. David Obey, a leading liberal Democrat and chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, said Wednesday that he wil...

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Picking Up Steam in the House

Tom Andrews | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Congress, Afghanistan, Walter Jones, Appropriations, Jim McGovern, David Obey, Barack Obama, Barbara Lee, Afghanistan War, Politics News

Yesterday Congress moved one step closer to representing the majority of Americans who believe the war in Afghanistan has not been worth the sacrifice...

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Obey's Edujobs Proposal Breaks National Promise to Our Schools and Our Students

Kati Haycock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teacher Quality, Politics, Education, Charter Schools, Last-Hired-First-Fired, Education Reform, David Obey, Barack Obama, Race to the Top, Politics News

In a stealthy bit of last-minute legislation, Obey proposed an amendment to fund "Edujobs" legislation by hacking away at the budgets of three vital education reform efforts.

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McGovern, Obey Lead House Showdown on Afghanistan War

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russ Feingold, Congress, Afghanistan, Jim McGovern, Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable, David Obey, World News

Reps. McGovern and Obey are expected to introduce an amendment on the war supplemental that would require Obama to present Congress with a timetable for military redeployment from Afghanistan.

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Speaker Pelosi, Put Afghanistan Drawdown on Record With McGovern-Obey

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Pelosi is in a unique position to weigh in, since the House could put the Afghanistan drawdown in writing when it considers the war supplemental, by approving an amendment introduced by Reps. McGovern and Obey.

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Speaker Pelosi, More War Funding Next Week Is No "Emergency"

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, House of Representatives, White House, Congress, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Withdrawal Timetable, David Obey, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Robert Gates, Nancy Pelosi, Stanley McChrystal, Rolling Stone, Michael Hastings, Teachers, War Supplemental, World News

The administration hopes to dodge questions about the war supplemental urgently being asked by Democratic leaders in the House by claiming that more funds are an exigent, "emergency" need. They're not.

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Obey's Afghanistan: At Long Last, It's Guns vs. Butter

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joshua Green, Boston Globe, Federal Budget Deficit, Ronald Reagan, Afghanistan, The Politico, Ron Paul, Barney Frank, Jim McGovern, David Obey, Dick Cheney, Afghanistan War, Foreign Policy, World News

One of the many destructive legacies of the Reagan Era was the effective Washington consensus that wars and other military spending exist on their own...

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Beware the Lame Duck Congress

Ernest Istook | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Appropriations, Government Spending, Russ Feingold, Cap and Trade, Politics, Congress, Lame Duck, David Obey, Elections, Politics News

Those who like the possible agenda of a lame-duck session may root for it. But we pay a heavy price whenever elected officials feel they are freed from accountability to the voters.

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Friday Talking Points [115] -- Git 'Er Done!

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Medicare for All, Guantanamo, Git R Done, Alan Grayson, Banning Earmarks, Whip Congress, Military, Wall Street Reform, Midotw, Nancy Pelosi, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Health Care, Reconciliation, Energy, Eric Massa, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Public Option, Financial Reform, Dick Durbin, Git Er Done, Congress, Get Er Done, Whip, Democrats, Barack Obama, Larry the Cable Guy, Mddotw, Harry Reid, Dodd, Get It Done, Healthcare, President Obama, Gitmo, Jobs, Immigration, Obama, Chris Dodd, Democratic, Friday Talking Points, Bush Tax Cuts, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Congressional Budget Office, David Obey, Public Option Act, Earmark Ban, Cbo, Durbin, Whipcount, Wall Street, Earmarks, Chris Weigant, Medicare, Glenn Beck, Whip Count, hr4789, Politics News

Call it the calm before the storm. What everyone's waiting on is for Congress to leap into action. But, in a surprising twist, this time it might actually happen.

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Banning Earmarks

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Earmark Ban, Eric Massa, John McCain, Pentagon, House, Lobbying, Corporation, Budget, Democrat, Mccain, Congress, Democrats, Lobbyist, Republican, Pelosi, Earmarks, Chris Weigant, For Profit, Bidding War, Ethics, Nancy Pelosi, Obey, Norm Dicks, Senate, David Obey, Massa, Earmark, Politics News

It's more fun to watch Massa's implosion on nationwide television, but we shouldn't allow this to distract us from what could shape up this year as a contest between Democrats and Republicans over who can denounce earmarks the loudest.

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Obey Tells GOP They Can't Have Their Pork And Eat It Too

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gop Earmarks, Shelby Hold, Obey Earmarks, Shelby Earmark, David Obey, Richard Shelby, Congress Earmarks, Politics News

The GOP may be the party of no -- but when it comes to individual Republican lawmakers taking credit for federally-funded projects in their home state...

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Pelosi: House Dems Don't Support Afghan War Tax

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: House Democrats, Nancy Pelosi, Afghanistan, Obama, David Obey, War Tax, Politics News

Despite ongoing concerns about the cost of troop escalation in Afghanistan, House leadership does not support a proposed tax to help pay for the war, ...

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NoEscalation.org: Can the Peace Movement Reach President Obama?

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Murtha, Barnett Rubin, Rahm Emanuel, President Barack Obama, Afghanistan Escalation, Congress, Joe Biden, David Obey, Afghanistan War, World News

Congress fights over whether we can "afford" to provide every American with quality health care, but every health care reform proposal on the table will likely cost less than McChrystal's endless war.

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Lawmakers From Both Parties Raise Concerns Over Afghan War Escalation

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: War Surtax, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Economy, Troop Levels, Foreclosure Rate, David Obey, War Tax, Afghan War, House, Obama Decision, Dick Lugar, Carl Levin, Senate, Unemployment, White House, Barack Obama, Nato, Obey, Bernie Sanders, Politics News

WASHINGTON (Associated Press) - Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) voiced their concerns Sunday about the war in Afghanistan, it...

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For World AIDS Day, Obama Should Keep Promise On Syringe Exchange

David Ernesto Munar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama, HIV/AIDS, Washington DC, Syringe Exchange, David Obey, Hiv Infections, Needle Exchange, Chicago News

A letter from twelve leading AIDS advocate working with local, state and national partners to advance the fight against HIV/AIDS in the U.S.

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