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View earmark details Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-Minnesota, 8th) - Earmarks Requested

Defeated, Died, May 3, 2014 • Alternate Name: James Louis Oberstar
All     Solo     With Other Members     
* 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                     Number 38 Cost $22,146,843
With Other Members          Number 62 Cost $151,734,450
All Congressional                Number 100 Cost $173,881,293
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 107* Cost $254,471,293*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Grand Rapids Public Utilities Commission for wastewater facilities improvements
(Interior)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Locations Grand Rapids, Minnesota Recipients Grand Rapids (Minn.) Public Utilities Commission
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Superior National Forest - Long Island
(Interior)
Amount $1,231,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Grand Rapids Public Utilities Commission, Grand Rapids Wastewater Treatment Plant
(Interior)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Minnesota Recipients Grand Rapids (Minn.) Public Utilities Commission
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Chippewa/Superior NF-Minnesota Wilderness
(Interior)
Amount $900,000 Sponsors President *
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Minnesota Recipients U.S. Forest Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Circle of Flight, Conservation Program
(Interior)
Amount $591,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Kind (D-WI)
Former Sen. Herb Kohl (D-WI)
Locations Regional Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lutheran Social Services, for services to runaway, homeless, and other at-risk youth and their families
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $383,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Duluth, Minnesota Recipients Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Duluth Children's Museum, for exhibits and educational programs
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $381,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Duluth, Minnesota Recipients Duluth (Minn.) Children's Museum
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Reading is Fundamental authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $24,803,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
...more
Locations Various Locations Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Minnesota Humanities Center, St. Paul, MN for teacher professional development, which may include honoraria
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations St Paul, Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Reach Out and Read authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $6,000,000 alert Sponsors Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
...more
Locations Various Locations Recipients Reach Out and Read National Center

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