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Where are this year's earmarks
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 Montevideo
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,444,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Collin Peterson (D-MN)
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Locations Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mortar Anti- Personnel Anti-Material (MAPAM) Technology
(Defense)
Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN)
Former Rep. Steve Rothman (D-NJ)
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
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Locations Edina, Minnesota Recipients Alliant Techsystems Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Northland Entrepreneur Development System for technical assistance
(Financial Services)
Amount $282,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN) Locations Virginia, Minnesota Recipients Entrepreneur Fund
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
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Northeastern Minnesota
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,873,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
(Interior)
Amount $404,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN)
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
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Locations Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Northland Medical Center, for purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $335,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) Locations Princeton, Minnesota Recipients M Health Fairview Northland Medical Center (Princeton, Minn.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description NorthStar Commuter Rail
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $53,900,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
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Locations Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Olmsted County Community Services, to implement and sustain a performance based child protection system preventing child abuse and neglect
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $133,950 Sponsors Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Rochester, Minnesota, Olmstead, Minnesota Recipients Olmsted County, Minn.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Orwell Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $321,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Minnesota Recipients

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