What is Dave Obey?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Dave Obey |image = Dave Obey 111th congressional portrait.jpg |office = Chair of the [[United States House Committee on Appropriations|House Appropriations Committee]] |term_start = January 3, 2007 |term_end = January 3, 2011 |predecessor = [[Jerry Lewis (California politician)|Jerry Lewis]] |successor = [[Hal Rogers]] |term_start1 = March 29, 1994 |term_end1 = January 3, 1995 |predecessor1 = [[William Huston Natcher|William Natcher]] |successor1 = [[Bob Livingston]] |office2 = Ranking Member of the [[House Appropriations Committee]] |term_start2 = January 3, 1995 |term_end2 = January 3, 2007 |predecessor2 = [[Joseph M. McDade]] |successor2 = [[Jerry Lewis (California politician)|Jerry Lewis]] |state3 = [[Wisconsin]] |district3 = {{ushr|WI|7|7th}} |term_start3 = April 1, 1969 |term_end3 = January 3, 2011 |predecessor3 = [[Melvin Laird]] |successor3 = [[Sean Duffy]] |birth_name = David Ross Obey |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|10|3}} |birth_place = [[Okmulgee, Oklahoma]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] {{small|(Before 1957)}}<br>[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] {{small|(1957–present)}} |spouse = Joan Obey |education = [[University of Wisconsin–Madison|University of Wisconsin, Madison]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Arts|MA]])}} }} '''David Ross Obey''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|oʊ|b|iː}} {{respell|OH|bee}}; born October 3, 1938)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1958&keyword=obey |title=Obey, David R. 1938 |publisher=Wisconsinhistory.org |date=1938-10-03 |access-date=2010-08-29 |archive-date=2010-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204150848/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=1958&keyword=obey |url-status=dead }}</ref> is an American politician. He was the [[United State