Members of Congress / David Obey / Votes Against Party
| Date | Vote | Position | GOP opinion | DEM opinion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote 900: H R 3791 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 884: H R 3962 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 838: H RES 867: Calling on the President and the Secretary of State to Oppose Unequivocally Any Endorsement or Further Consideration of the “Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict” in Multilateral Fora | Present | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 742: H R 2997: Making Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Programs for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2010, and for Other Purposes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 700: H RES 317: Recognizing the Region From Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, As the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, and for Other Purposes | Present | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 663: H R 3326 | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 519: H R 3081 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 452: H RES 572: Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 2647) to Authorize Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010 for Military Activities of the Department of Defense, to Prescribe Military Personnel Strengths for Fiscal Year 2010 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 305: H R 2200 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 277: H R 627: Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2009 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 245: H RES 378: Recognizing the 30th Anniversary of the Election of Margaret Thatcher As the First Female Prime Minister of Great Britain | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 225: H R 627 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 190: H CON RES 85 | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 188: H CON RES 85 | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 662: H R 7081: United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 601: H R 6842: National Capital Security and Safety Act | Present | Yes | No | |
| Vote 600: H R 6842 | Present | Yes | No | |
| Vote 499: H R 5959 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 305: H R 2419: Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 304: H R 2419: Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 258: H R 2419: Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 197: H R 2634 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 179: H RES 1083: Providing for Consideration of H.R. 2537, Beach Protection Act of 2007. | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 1183: H R 3996: Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 1125: H R 2082: Intelligence Authorization Act | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 936: H R 928: Improving Government Accountability Act | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 857: H R 2786 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 849: H R 2669: College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 754: H R 2419 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 725: H R 3093 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 723: H R 3093 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 703: H R 3074 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 663: H R 3043 | Present | No | No | |
| Vote 658: H R 3043 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 603: H R 2829 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 599: H R 2829 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 598: H R 2829 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 596: H R 2829 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 593: H R 2829 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 573: H R 2643 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 521: H R 2641 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 485: H R 2638 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 479: H R 2638 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 453: H R 2638 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 421: H R 2316 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 372: H R 1585: National Defense Authorization Act | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 338: H R 2082 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 308: S CON RES 21: Setting Forth the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2008 and Including the Appropriate Budgetary Levels for Fiscal Years 2007 and 2009 Through 2012 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 200: H R 1401: Rail and Public Transportation Security Act | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 155: H R 1362: Accountability in Contracting Act | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 541: H R 5682: Henry J. Hyde United States-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Promotion Act | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 529: H RES 1101: Waiving All Points of Order Against the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 5682 and Against Its Consideration. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 515: S 3661: Wright Amendment Reform Act | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 479: S 403: Child Custody Protection Act | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 476: H R 5092: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and Reform Act | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 470: S 2832: Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2006 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 468: H R 6095: Immigration Law Enforcement Act of 2006 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 443: H R 2965: Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 442: H R 2965 | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 433: H R 503: Horse Protection Act | Present | No | Yes | |
| Vote 432: H R 503 | Present | Yes | No | |
| Vote 431: H R 503 | Present | Yes | No | |
| Vote 430: H RES 981: Providing for the Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 503) to Amend the Horse Protection Act to Prohibit the Shipping, Transporting, Moving, Delivering, Receiving, Possessing, Purchasing, Selling, or Donation of Horses and Other Equines to Be Slaughtered for Human Consumption. | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 411: H R 5682: United States and India Nuclear Cooperation Promotion Act | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 386: H R 5683: To Preserve the Mt. Soledad Veterans Memorial in San Diego, California, by Providing for the Immediate Acquisition of the Memorial by the United States | Present | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 380: S 2754: Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 376: H R 3496: To Amend the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to Authorize Additional Federal Contributions for Maintaining and Improving the Transit System of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and for Other Purposes | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 365: H RES 906: Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 2990, Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 355: H R 4761 | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 343: H R 5672 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 339: H R 5672 | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 328: H R 5672 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 324: H R 4973 | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 322: H R 4973 | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 301: H R 5631 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 294: H R 5228: To Require Representatives of Governments Designated As State Sponsors of Terrorism to Disclose to the Attorney General Lobbying Contacts With Legislative Branch Officials, and for Other Purposes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 291: H RES 826: Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives That a National Young Sports Week Should Be Established | Present | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 286: H R 5576: Making Appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2007, and for Other Purposes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 274: H R 5576 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 261: H RES 865: Providing for Consideration of the Bill (H.R. 5576) Making Appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2007, and for Other Purposes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 241: H R 5252: Communications, Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 224: H R 5441 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 193: H R 5384: Making Appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2007, and for Other Purposes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 192: H R 5384 | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 189: H R 5384 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 181: H R 4681: Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 155: H CON RES 376 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 149: H R 4200 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 138: On Motion to Adjourn | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 137: On Motion to Adjourn | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 133: H RES 806: Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 5122, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 108: H R 5020: Intelligence Authorization for Fiscal Year 2007 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 106: H R 5020 | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 105: H R 282: To Hold the Current Regime in Iran Accountable for Its Threatening Behavior and to Support a Transition to Democracy in Iran | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 71: H R 609 | Yes | Yes | No | |
| Vote 69: S 2120: Milk Regulatory Equity Act | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 52: H R 4939 | No | No | Yes | |
| Vote 36: H R 2829 | Yes | No | No | |
| Vote 669: H R 2863: Making Appropriations for the Department of Defense for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2006, and for Other Purposes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Vote 667: H CON RES 284: Expressing the Sense of Congress With Respect to the 2005 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Egypt | No | Yes | Yes |
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