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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description FlexTrain eXportable Combat Training; Camp Ripley MN
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-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)
...more
Locations Indiana; Michigan; Minnesota; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Great Lakes Navigation
(Energy and Water)
Amount $6,544,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Indiana; Michigan; Minnesota; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Great Lakes Sediment Transport Models
(Energy and Water)
Amount $841,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Indiana; Michigan; Minnesota; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Greater Minnesota Transit Bus and Bus Facilities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $2,940,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Harriet Island Lower Harbor Dredging
(Energy and Water)
Amount $93,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description HealthEast Care System, for health information systems
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $478,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN)
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
...more
Locations St. Paul, Minnesota Recipients HealthEast Care System
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department, Minneapolis, MN for the Family Healing and Restoration Network Project
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $407,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Minneapolis, Minnesota Recipients Hennepin County (Minn.) Human Services and Public Health Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Hennepin County, to create an electronic charging process to allow for electronic signature of court charging documents
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $178,600 Sponsors Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Hennepin, Minnesota Recipients Hennepin County, Minn.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description High Strength, Powder Metal Gears for Vehicle Transmissions
(Defense)
Amount $2,600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John E. Peterson (R-PA) Locations St. Marys, Minnesota Recipients Keystone Powdered Metal Co.

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