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| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey, chair of the Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, discussing foreign policy issues with his st... |
| Date: | 1980 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) and his staff. The conference table is covered with papers and pencils. Framed maps are on the walls. |
| Date: | 02 07 1985 |
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| Description: | David R. Obey of Wisconsin, chair of the Joint Economic Committee. Opposite him, (in the foreground) is Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block, testifying ... |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin leans across the table (left) during a discussion with Shimon Perez in Israel. Congressman Thomas Petri, also from ... |
| Date: | 1994 |
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| Description: | Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, unveils a bust of Congressman William H... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Congressman Morris Udall speaking to a Wisconsin audience during his campaign for the presidency. Udall finished a close second to Jimmy Carter in the Wisc... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Democratic leadership on the Wisconsin Assembly floor: left to right: Robert T. Huber, minority leader; David R. Obey, assistant minority leader, and Norma... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Republican Governor Warren P. Knowles meeting with the Democratic leadership: left to right Robert T. Huber, minority leader, and David R. Obey, assistant ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Senator Gaylord Nelson (right) with his home secretary and Democratic Party Chairman Louis Hanson (left) at Hotel Wausau event. With them is David R. Obey ... |
| Date: | 1986 |
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| Description: | At a press conference Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin announces the Save the Family Farm Act introduced with 27 other farm state legislators. Among ... |
| Date: | 09 03 1984 |
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| Description: | A brief shower failed to dampen the enthusiasm of Democratic Presidential candidate Walter Mondale and Vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro during... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Running for his first term in the Wisconsin Assembly, Wausau Democrat Obey met with Governor Gaylord Nelson to take a publicity photograph. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Seven of Wisconsin's ten congressional representatives posed with David R. Obey shortly after his victory in a special election to replace Melvin Laird. Le... |
| Date: | 04 1985 |
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| Description: | Members of a special House Appropriations Committee mission to the Middle East at the airport in Jerusalem. The committee was headed by Congressman David R... |
| Date: | 06 1987 |
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| Description: | Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin biking with the Wausau Wheelers. |
| Date: | 06 1992 |
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| Description: | During the 1990s Congressman David R. Obey, a leading proponent of health care reform, held numerous forums on the subject in his northern Wisconsin distri... |
| Date: | 08 1995 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey presents a big check to representatives of Nicolet College. As chairman or ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee O... |
| Date: | 06 23 1956 |
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| Description: | Guest speaker at the Students from India Attending Mid-Western Colleges and Universities convention is G.L Mehta, second from left, India's ambassador to t... |
| Date: | 08 15 1956 |
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| Description: | Helen and Vernon Thomson and two of their children, Tommy, age 9, and Susan, 14, posing in front of the steps of a passenger train car. They are traveling ... |
| Date: | 08 19 1956 |
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| Description: | Glenn Wise (right) shaking hands and saying goodbye to two of her friends who are standing up on the step of a railroad passenger car. They are (left) Mari... |
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