http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Dave_ObeyFind stories, videos, and photos about Dave Obey from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:00:04 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gifhttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Dave_Obey14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Dave Obey from CNN.com.http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/25/news/economy/paying_for_Afghanistan_war/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/11/25/news/economy/paying_for_Afghanistan_war/index.htmWar is expensive, and it's about to get more so if the U.S. government escalates its military efforts in Afghanistan.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:20:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/19/stimulus.district.errors/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/19/stimulus.district.errors/index.html#cnnSTCTextMembers of the House Government Reform and Oversight Committee Thursday are taking a hard look at faulty data on the Obama administration's Recovery.gov Web site.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/18/stimulus.district.errors/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/18/stimulus.district.errors/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe government Web site Recovery.gov is fixing errors that appeared to show hundreds of millions of stimulus dollars were spent in nonexistent congressional districts, the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board said Wednesday.Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:09:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/04/guantanamo.closure/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/04/guantanamo.closure/index.html#cnnSTCTextHouse Democrats told the president Monday he won't be getting money to close the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, until he has a "concrete program" for shutting it down and moving its prisoners.Mon, 11 May 2009 14:29:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/12/second.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/12/second.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTextHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday there are no immediate plans for a second stimulus package, but she didn't rule out the possibility of having one in the future.Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/11/house.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/11/house.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTextHouse Democratic aides denied Wednesday that work is already underway on a second stimulus package.Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:53:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/10/second.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/10/second.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCTextHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that another stimulus package might be needed to help the ailing economy.Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/25/budget/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/25/budget/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe House of Representatives passed a $410 billion spending bill Wednesday to keep the federal government operating for the remainder of fiscal year 2009, which ends September 30.Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:51:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/2009/02/25/news/economy/spending_bill/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2009/02/25/news/economy/spending_bill/index.htmThe House of Representatives passed a $410 billion spending bill Wednesday to keep the federal government operating for the remainder of fiscal year 2009, which ends Sept. 30.Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/congress.drilling.ban/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/24/congress.drilling.ban/index.html#cnnSTCTextAfter months of high-pitched battles with Republicans over the issue of offshore drilling, House Democrats have given in and decided to allow a 26-year ban on drilling to expire at the end of the month.Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:16:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1815859,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1815859,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsCongress is moving quickly to rush emergency disaster to the flood-ravaged Midwest as it tries to put the finishing touches on a long-stalled Iraq war funding billWed, 18 Jun 2008 22:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/06/house.war.funding/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/06/house.war.funding/index.html#cnnSTCTextDefying President Bush's demand to send him a clean war funding bill, House Democratic leaders unveiled legislation Tuesday that conditions the money on withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq and adds billions of dollars in domestic spending.Wed, 07 May 2008 00:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/19/congress.war.funds/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/19/congress.war.funds/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe House of Representatives approved another $70 billion in war spending on Wednesday, capping a year of frustration for Democrats who took control of Congress on pledges to end the war in Iraq.Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:02:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1675471,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1675471,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsDavid Obey is Congress's man with the pencils -- and the Democrats' point man for holding the line on spendingThu, 25 Oct 2007 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/02/democrats.war.tax/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/02/democrats.war.tax/index.html#cnnSTCTextTop House Democrats Tuesday proposed a "war surtax" to pay for the war in Iraq, a plan quickly condemned by Republicans and opposed by the House leadership.Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:28:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1637062,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1637062,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsWith his poll numbers in the tank, the President seems to be gearing up for a veto fight with Congress over a long forgotten issue -- controlling spendingTue, 26 Jun 2007 18:10:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/21/earmarks/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/21/earmarks/index.htmlDespite the new Democratic congressional leadership's promise of "openness and transparency" in the budget process, a CNN survey of the House found it nearly impossible to get information on lawmakers' pet projects.Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/07/war.funding/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/07/war.funding/index.htmlHouse Democratic leaders are preparing a new version of the Iraq war funding bill that would pay for the war in two stages.Mon, 07 May 2007 21:16:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/24/ivins.reform/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/24/ivins.reform/index.htmlCynics are fond of meditating on the evil done in the name of reform. I'm a great believer in perpetual reform myself, on the theory that political systems, like houses, are always in want of some fixing. However, I have seen some pluperfect doozies passed off as reform in recent years, starting with "Social Security reform."Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/13/spy.bill.tm/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/12/13/spy.bill.tm/index.htmlThe 600-page Intelligence-Reform Bill that congress passed last week is the most sweeping overhaul of the U.S. spy community since World War II.Mon, 13 Dec 2004 17:07:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/26/congress.iraq/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/26/congress.iraq/index.htmlTwo senior Democrats demanded on Monday that the White House provide an accounting of how $40 billion in emergency antiterrorism funds was spent after the attacks of September 11, 2001.Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:34:00 EDT