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Obey and Leadership
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Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (facing away from the camera) with Democratic leaders John McCormack and Carl Albert. The photograph was taken for a brochure for Obey's first reelection campaign.
July 1970
Obey, David R.
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In La Follette's Shadow
July 1972
Congressman David R. Obey and Senator Gaylord Nelson posed talking in front of the statue of Robert M. La Follette, Sr. in the National Statuary Hall in the United States Capitol building. The phot...
Obey and Proxmire
June 1970
Congressman David R. Obey and Senator William Proxmire outside the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The photograph was taken for use in the campaign literature of Congressman Obey who was runni...
Committee Meeting
1979
Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin leans over to confer with Congressman Tim Wirth during a meeting of the House Budget Committee. Obey's aide Scott Lilly is between them.
Welcome to Appropriations
February 1970
Congressman George Mahon of Texas, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, welcomes newly-appointed Congressman David R. Obey to the committee and its Interior subcommittee. Obey's appointm...
Congressman and his Secretary
June 1970
Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey and his secretary in his office in the United States Capitol.
Obey at the Fair
1976
Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey chats with a constituent manning the dairy bar as part of a campaign shoot.
