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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)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description NRS, Grand Rapids Lab Renovation
(Interior)
Amount $379,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Grand Rapids, Minnesota Recipients U.S. Forest Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Northstar Phase II-Extension of Northstar Commuter Rail to the. St. Cloud Area, MN
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Locations St. Cloud, Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Northstar Phase II Commuter Buses, MN
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $97,400 Sponsors Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) Locations Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Northstar Corridor Rail, MN
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $71,166,060 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Northstar Corridor Rail, Minneapolis-Big Lake, MN
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $711,661 Sponsors President *
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Minnesota Recipients
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 2010 Description Northside Economic Opportunity Network (NEON), Minneapolis, MN North Minneapolis Small Business Capacity Building Program
(Financial Services)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) Locations Minneapolis, Minnesota Recipients Northside Economic Opportunity Network
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 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 2010 Description Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Locations Minnesota Recipients U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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