Congressman Obey honored: Long-time friend of civil legal services for the poor

Inside the Bar on our State Bar's particular meaning of friend in this context.

"We recognized Congressman Obey's efforts to stabilize federal funding for programs that meet the legal needs of disadvantaged Wisconsin citizens at a time when those programs were facing potentially severe funding cuts tied to changes in the 2000 federal census," notes State Bar President D. Michael Guerin, who presented a resolution adopted by the State Bar's Board of Governors to recognize Obey's efforts.

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