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Where are this year's earmarks 
Fiscal Year(s)
Rep. Jim Oberstar (
-Minnesota, 8th) - Earmarks Requested
| Defeated |
Alternate Name: James Louis Oberstar
|
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
| Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 | Number | Cost |
Solo Earmarks
|
38 | $22,146,843 |
|
With Other Members
|
62 | $151,734,450 |
|
All Congressional
|
100 | $173,881,293 |
|
All Sponsored Earmarks
|
107* | $254,471,293* |
| Earmark Details | Year |
Description (Bill) (asc) |
Amount | Additional Sponsors | Locations | Receiving Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
2008 |
148th FW Base Wing Storage Facility (Military Construction) |
$1,500,000 |
Sen. Norm Coleman  -MN)Sen. Amy Klobuchar -MN) |
Duluth, Minnesota | |
|
|
2009 |
All Terrain Ultra Tactical Vehicles (Defense) |
$2,400,000 |
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin -SD) Rep. Dave Obey -WI)Rep. Collin Peterson -MN)...more |
Medina, Minnesota | |
|
|
2008 |
Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency for the Family-to-Family community based mentoring program to assist low-income families (Labor-HHS-Education) |
$287,000 |
Sen. Norm Coleman -MN) Sen. Amy Klobuchar -MN) |
Virginia, Minnesota | |
|
|
2008 |
Arrowhead Regional Development Commission (Homeland Security) |
$450,000 | No additional sponsors indicated | Minnesota | |
|
|
2009 |
Bolder Options Replication and Expansion (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$150,000 |
Rep. Keith Ellison -MN) Rep. Jim Ramstad -MN)Sen. Norm Coleman -MN)...more |
Minneapolis, Minnesota | Bolder Options |
|
|
2008 |
Cambridge-Isanti Bike/Walk Trail (Transportation-Housing and Urban Development) |
$686,000 | No additional sponsors indicated | Minnesota | |
|
|
2010 |
Cambridge-lsanti Bike-Walking Trail, MN (Transportation-Housing and Urban Development) |
$400,000 | No additional sponsors indicated | Minnesota | |
|
|
2009 |
Camp Ripley, Minnesota Aircraft Landing System (Defense) |
$760,000 | No additional sponsors indicated | Little Falls, Minnesota | Camp Ripley, Minn. |
|
|
2009 |
Camp Ripley Minnesota Training Center Aircraft Rescue Fighter (AARF) Vehicles (Defense) |
$1,200,000 |
Sen. Amy Klobuchar -MN) |
Little Falls, Minnesota | Camp Ripley, Minn. |
|
|
2010 |
Center for Civic Education for two programs (We the People and Cooperative Education Exchange) that are authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education program (Labor-HHS-Education) |
$21,617,000
|
Rep. Neil Abercrombie -HI) Rep. Joe Baca -CA)Rep. Mike Capuano -MA)...more |
Various Locations | |
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Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )
