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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Minnesota

* Earmarks requested by the president are not included in the member and state rankings to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 No Total Amount
Congressional earmarks No. 400 Total Amount $587,119,868
All earmarks No. 439* Total Amount $886,745,589*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Interstate 94 / Brockton Lane Interchange, MN
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Advanced Green Design for Museum of Natural History
(Energy and Water)
Amount $787,000 Sponsors Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) Locations Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Great Lakes Nav Syst Study
(Energy and Water)
Amount $787,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Dave Obey (D-WI)
Former Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-IN)
Former Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
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Locations Indiana; Michigan; Minnesota; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Winona State University, MN National Child Protection Training Center
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $775,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)
Former Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN)
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
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Locations Minnesota Recipients National Child Protection Training Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wolf Predation Management in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $774,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)
Former Rep. Dave Obey (D-WI)
Locations Minnesota; Wisconsin Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Camp Ripley, Minnesota Aircraft Landing System
(Defense)
Amount $760,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN) Locations Little Falls, Minnesota Recipients Camp Ripley, Minn.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Goodhue County Sheriff's Office to purchase 800 MHz end user radios for all public safety officials
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Locations Red Wing, Minnesota Recipients Goodhue County (Minn.) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Grand Rapids Public Utilities Commission, Grand Rapids Wastewater Treatment Plant
(Interior)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
...more
Locations Minnesota Recipients Grand Rapids (Minn.) Public Utilities Commission
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Emergency Operations Center, City of Minneapolis, MN
(Homeland Security)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Minneapolis, Minnesota Recipients City of Minneapolis, Minn.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Northeast Law Enforcement Administrators Council Methamphetamine Reduction Project
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $747,300 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN) Locations Minnesota Recipients Northeast Law Enforcement Administrators Council

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