Word: obey
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...Democratic leadership in press conferences and media releases after Bush formally submitted his supplemental request. And the House Budget Committee Wednesday held a hearing on new estimates that the cost of the war in Iraq will reach $2.4 trillion by 2017, according to the Congressional Budget Office. "I think Obey rightfully makes the point that the priorities of this Administration are out of whack,"said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. Given Bush's office, "it's not a fair fight, but in terms of ability and knowledge - of process and priorities - Obey's clearly certainly a match for not only...
...title of his recently published autobiography, Raising Hell for Justice: The Washington Battles of a Heartland Progressive, implies, Obey is one of the most liberal members of Congress. Elected at the tender age of 30, it's no surprise that he spends only 100 pages talking about his life before Congress and 300 pages on his time in office. Obey won his seat on April Fool's Day, 1969, with just 51.5% of the vote, in a special election to replace Republican Melvin Laird, who resigned to become Nixon's Secretary of Defense. He has since built a solid majority...
...Despite his wealth of knowledge about managing dollars and cents, Obey happens to be one of the poorer members of the House. With net assets estimated between $35,007 and $175,000, he is ranked number 358 out of 435, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. It is because of Obey's humble roots that he has endorsed John Edwards for President in 2008. Edwards' message about the Two Americas - one poor and one rich - so appealed to Obey that he called up the former North Carolina Senator and offered to endorse him just days after the 2004 election...
...Occasionally, Obey's independent streak is even too much for his own party. One example of that is a war surtax that Obey proposed last month to help offset the cost of the ongoing presence in Iraq. He offered it fully aware that it had absolutely no chance of passing, but simply to highlight his frustration that only military families are bearing the brunt of the war's burden. Obey wryly noted that he approached Pelosi with the surtax and the supplemental at the same time. "I told her: 'Nancy, I've got two things here, one you'll like...
...Obey is also known on Capitol Hill for his mercurial temper. He once famously got into a shoving match with former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on the floor of the House and this spring was dubbed "Mount Obey" by Politico, a daily Hill newspaper and political website, because of an eruption at anti-war Democrat Dennis Kucinich for asking what Obey deemed a dumb question...