2010 EARMARK REQUESTS
Under new rules that require public disclosure on the Internet, Minnesota's U.S. House members have posted earmark requests totaling $580 million for fiscal year 2010, which starts Oct. 1. Of that sum, about $163 million is for national and regional programs.
Here are each member's largest district-based requests, along with links to their full earmark lists:
Tim Walz, D, 1st District:
walz.house.gov/pdf/FY2010%20Appropriations.pdf
$9.6 million, Minnesota National Guard, field maintenance facility in Mankato.
John Kline, R, 2nd District: (Does not take earmarks)
Erik Paulsen, R, 3rd District:
paulsen.house.gov/?sectionid=68§iontree=4,68
$6 million, MnDOT, reconstruction of Hwy. 169/I-494 Interchange.
Keith Ellison, D, 4th District:
ellison.house.gov/fy2010approps.pdf
$7 million, 934th Airlift Wing Air Force Reserve, aerial port facility at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Betty McCollum, D, 5th District:
www.mccollum.house.gov/ (click on "On the issues" and then on "Appropriations")
$4.45 million, city of Roseville, redevelopment of former industrial site in Twin Lakes area along I-35W.
Michele Bachmann, R, 6th District: (Does not take earmarks)
Collin Peterson, D, 7th District:
collinpeterson.house.gov/project_requests_fy2010.html
$10 million, Polaris Defense, Ultra Light Utility Vehicles for the National Guard
Jim Oberstar, D, 8th District:
www.oberstar.house.gov/ (click on "In Congress" in upper-left menu and then on "Constituent-inspired funding")
$8 million, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, water-related environmental and infrastructure projects in northeastern Minnesota