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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) Amount

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Itasca County, MN emergency Radio System
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $376,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Itasca, Minnesota Recipients Itasca County, Minn.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Itasca County for the implementation of a new 800 MHz public safety radio system
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Locations Grand Rapids, Minnesota Recipients Itasca County, Minn.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description St. Louis County Sheriffs Office The requested funds would be used by St. Louis County Sheriffs Department to develop a regional interoperability mobile data system that will link multiple responders to incident details with secure communications
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Duluth, Minnesota Recipients St. Louis County (Minn.) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency for the Family-to-Family community based mentoring program to assist low-income families
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $287,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Virginia, Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Northland Entrepreneur Development System for technical assistance
(Financial Services)
Amount $282,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Virginia, Minnesota Recipients Entrepreneur Fund
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Greenstone Group
(Financial Services)
Amount $245,643 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Virginia, Minnesota Recipients Entrepreneur Fund
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description College of Saint Scholastica, rural health technology demonstration project
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $243,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Duluth, Minnesota Recipients College of St. Scholastica
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description MN 8th District State Patrol In-Squad Digital Cameras
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $240,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations St. Paul, Minnesota Recipients Minnesota State Patrol
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN for a digital X-ray machine
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $238,000 Sponsors Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Locations Minneapolis, Minnesota Recipients University of Minnesota School of Public Health
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description LISC Community Safety Initiative
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $225,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Former Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)
Locations New York, New York Recipients Local Initiatives Support Corp.

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