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Raising Hell for Justice; The Washington Battles of a Heartland Progressive
by Obey, David R
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- ISBN 10
- 0299225402
- ISBN 13
- 9780299225407
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About This Item
Madison, WI: The University of Wisconsin Press, 2007. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xii, 432, [4] pages. Illustrations. Index. Inscribed by author on title page. David Ross Obey (born October 3, 1938) is a former United States Representative. Obey served in the House of Representatives for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district from 1969 to 2011. The district includes much of the northwestern portion of the state, including Wausau and Superior. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and served as Chairman of the powerful House Committee on Appropriations from 1994 to 1995 and again from 2007 to 2011. He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Wisconsin. On May 5, 2010, Obey announced that he would not seek reelection to Congress in November 2010. He left Congress in January 2011, and was succeeded by Republican Sean Duffy. He began working for Gephardt Government Affairs, a lobbying firm founded by former U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Gephardt, in June 2011. David Obey has in his nearly forty years in the U.S. House of Representatives worked to bring economic and social justice to America's working families. In 2007 he assumed the chair of the Appropriations Committee and is positioned to pursue his priority concerns for affordable health care, education, environmental protection, and a foreign policy consistent with American democratic ideals. Here, in his autobiography, Obey looks back on his journey in politics beginning with his early years in the Wisconsin Legislature, when Wisconsin moved through eras of shifting balance between Republicans and Democrats. On a national level Obey traces, as few others have done, the dramatic changes in the workings of the U.S. Congress since his first election to the House in 1969. He discusses his own central role in the evolution of Congress and ethics reforms and his view of the recent Bush presidency-crucial chapters in our democracy, of interest to all who observe politics and modern U.S. history.
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- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 74184
- Title
- Raising Hell for Justice; The Washington Battles of a Heartland Progressive
- Author
- Obey, David R
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Printing [Stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0299225402
- ISBN 13
- 9780299225407
- Publisher
- The University of Wisconsin Press
- Place of Publication
- Madison, WI
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- Appropriations Committee, Congressman, House of Representatives, Wisconsin, Campaign Finance, Deficit Spending, Newt Gingrich, Lobbyist, Progressive, Terrorism, Mo Udall
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