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Obey had risen to the position of fifth ranking House Democrat since his party retook control of Congress.
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In the late 19th century, Celina prospered as a logging town, receiving logs that had been cut in the forests to the east and floated down the Obey River.
After the House floor had largely cleared following a series of votes, Obey and Waters split apart from a heated conversation about an earmark requested by Waters for a public school employment training center in Los Angeles that was named after herself.
An aide to Waters said that Obey had pushed her while Obey's spokesperson, Ellis Brachman, placed the blame on Waters for escalating the situation.
The Girl of the Golden West ( 1938 ) was the result, but the two stars had little screen time together and the main song, " Obey Your Heart ", was never sung as a duet.
Obey and ranking
Obey served as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee from 2007 to 2011 ; he briefly chaired this committee from 1994 to 1995 and served as its ranking Democrat from 1995 to 2007.
Obey and House
Obey was one of the most liberal members of the House ; he considers himself a progressive in the tradition of Robert La Follette.
Obey also is remembered for being the congressman who intervened when fellow Democrat Harold Ford, Jr. approached Republican Jean Schmidt on the House floor in 2005.
Obey was elected to the House to replace eight-term incumbent Republican Melvin R. Laird, who was appointed Secretary of Defense under President Richard Nixon.
In 1994, Obey only won reelection by seven points as the Democrats lost control of the House during the Republican Revolution.
However, Obey was facing tough poll numbers in his district, plus his age and the death of close colleague John Murtha and his frustration with the White House convinced him to bow out of the race.
On June 25, 2009, Obey got into a squabble on the House floor with fellow Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California.
Obey went to talk with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer when Waters briefly returned again, telling her colleagues, " He touched me.
Earl was first elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1969, filling the seat vacated by David Obey, who was elected a member of the United States House of Representatives.
Obey and Democrat
Obey, only 30 when he was elected, became the youngest member of Congress upon taking his seat, as well as the first Democrat ever to represent the district.
Obey and since
Soon after his birth, his family moved back to his parents ' native Wisconsin, and Obey was raised in Wausau, Wisconsin, where he has lived since.
About " Obey ", San Diego Union-Tribune art critic Robert L. Pincus said: " work was a reaction against earlier political art, since it delivered no clear message.
Obey, however, is also renowned for Christian spiritual themes in his music and has since the early-1990s retired into Nigerian gospel music ministry.
Obey and Congress
On May 5, 2010, Obey announced that he would not seek reelection to Congress in November 2010.
Before serving in Congress, Obey worked as a real estate broker.
Obey was the longest-serving member of either house of Congress in Wisconsin's history.
In Congress, Obey chaired the commission to write the House's Code of Ethics.
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:"... When the weary Riders arrive in Jackson and attempt to use ' white only ' restrooms and lunch counters they are immediately arrested for Breach of Peace and Refusal to Obey an Officer.
Obey the laws, preserve your honor, and the Government to which you have surrendered can afford to be, and will be, magnanimous.
Wilder translated plays by André Obey and Jean-Paul Sartre, and wrote the libretti to two operas, The Long Christmas Dinner, composed by Paul Hindemith, and The Alcestiad, composed by Louise Talma and based on his own play.
The southern part of the county is drained by tributaries of the Caney Fork, the northeastern part by tributaries of the Obey River, and the north-central and northwestern parts of the county drain into the Cumberland's Cordell Hull Lake impoundment.
The Cumberland River flows through the center of the county from north to south, fed by the Obey River which flows through the city of Celina from its impoundment at the Dale Hollow Reservoir.
The city of Celina is at the junction of the Obey and Cumberland rivers, and was a major port during the steamboat years between Nashville and Burnside, Kentucky.
This book was eventually converted to the 1993 Lifetime Network film Love, Honor, & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage.
Fentress County includes part of Dale Hollow Reservoir and is drained by forks of the Obey and Cumberland Rivers.
John Bergin was also signed briefly under the name Trust Obey, but the album he recorded (" Hands of Ash ") was instead released in 1996 on Fifth Colvmn Records with a sticker that quoted Reznor's reaction to the completed work: " Not a great commercial potential.
On Obey the Time ( 1990 ) Mitchell played on only one track, the album being otherwise a solo recording by Reilly, heavily influenced by contemporary dance music.
The eight albums recorded for Factory ( The Return of the Durutti Column, LC, Another Setting, Without Mercy, Domo Arigato, The Guitar and Other Machines, Vini Reilly and Obey the Time ) were re-released with additional material by Factory Too / London, under the banner Factory Once, between 1996 and 1998.
In the early to mid 1970s, three of the biggest names in Nigerian music history were at their peak: Fela Kuti, Ebenezer Obey and King Sunny Adé, while the end of that decade saw the start of Yo-pop and Nigerian reggae.
Fuji has been described as jùjú without guitars ; ironically, Ebenezer Obey once described jùjú as mambo with guitars.
After a very long time — with hits such as " Orilonise ", Fuji Disco / Iku Baba Obey ", " Oke Agba ", " Aye ", and " Suuru " — he later changed the group's name to " Supreme Fuji Commanders " with a bang !, " Orelope " that went platinum instantly.
Ebenezer Obey formed the International Brothers in 1964, and his band soon rivalled that of IK Dairo as the biggest Nigerian group.
Ade and Obey raced to incorporate new influences into jùjú music and to gather new fans ; Hawaiian slack-key, keyboards and background vocals were among the innovations added during this rapidly changing period.
Bands increased from four performers in the original ensembles, to 10 with IK Dairo and more than 30 with Obey and Ade.
In the early 1980s, both Obey and Ade found larger audiences outside of Nigeria.
Obey released Current Affairs in 1980 on Virgin Records and became a brief star in the UK, but was not able to sustain his international career as long as Ade.
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* Mark F. Schultz, " Fear and Norms and Rock & Roll: What Jambands Can Teach Us about Persuading People to Obey Copyright Law " ( September 2005 ).
Obey his voice, and all his will esteem.
Obey my orders.
Obey my orders and open shops.
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