Univ of Wisconsin Pr, Date: 2007. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 432 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.20 inches. 2007. Univ of Wisconsin Pr ISBN 0299225402 9780299225407 [GB]

Madison, WI The University of Wisconsin Press 2007 First Printing [Stated] Hardcover Very good in Very good jacket 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 ...

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ISBN10: 0299225402, ISBN13: 9780299225407, [publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, U.S.A.] Hardcover First Edition Flat signed and dated on the title page. The author spent almost forty years in the U.S. House of Representatives working to bring economic and social justice to America¿s working families. In 2007 he assumed the chair of the Appropriations Committee with the intention of pursuing his priority concerns for affordable health care, education, environmental protection, and a foreign policy consistent with American democratic ideals. The author looks back on his journey in politics beginning with his early years in the Wisconsin Legislature. Tracing 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. This book was awarded Best Books for Regional General Audiences, selected by the American Association of School Librarians, and Best Books for General Audiences, selected by the Public Library Association. Protected in a new archival dust jacket. Satisfaction guaranteed.
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