Obey's Appropriations?

Dave Obey claims credit for Agriculture appropriations he wasn't in town to vote for. According to the Congressional Record, Obey missed the vote on Friday.

Obey Out is particularly puzzled by the claims that Obey's position as ranking member of the Appropriations Committee is that great of an advantage. Sure, Dave Obey gets money for the district, but so does every junior Republican member of Congress. If we knock off Obey, the Republican Leadership in Washington will be committed to providing our new Congressman with all the funding he needs to take care of the Seventh District.

Take away Obey's so-called advantage of being able to bring home federal pork, and you've got a Congressman who is way more liberal than the district and who pays more time and attention to his special interest friends in Washington then the people of the Seventh District.