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James Oberstar
Democrat • 18 Terms • Sworn In 1975
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10 bike stories of 2010 » Cyclelicious
Minnesota Representative Jim Oberstar chaired the US House Transportation Committee, where he championed Federal funding for bicycle related projects. He lost his seat in this year's election in an upset victory by his Republican ...
Tarmac security questions renewed - Spokesman.com - Dec. 29, 2010
“I don't see why any person employed in the airport would have a legitimate basis to object to going through that screening procedure,” said Democratic Rep. Jim Oberstar of Minnesota, chairman of the House Transportation and ...
2010 in review: The local stories that made us talk | Orlando News ...
The departing DFL Legislature and Gov. Tim Pawlenty plugged a $3 billion hole in the state budget — but left a $6 billion mess for the next governor and Legislature to clean up. And Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar lost his 36-year ...
Minnesota FCCLA: TEEN DRIVING SAFETY!!
... Teen And Novice Driver Uniform Protection (STANDUP) Act. After the conference, I met with U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota as well as a representative from Jim Oberstar's office and a representative from Tim Walz's office. ...
Big Wind, More Gas and Other Bloviations | Minnesota Free Market ...
Clean Water, Mining and the Fall of Jim Oberstar: Representative-Elect Chip Cravaack beat Jim Oberstar in Minnesota's 8thDistrict in part because of his support for ObamaCare, but Oberstar also had a tin ear when it came to finding that ...
Replacing river pipeline is a victory | thetimesherald.com | The ...
U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, R-Harrison Township, raised concerns about the pipeline's obvious threat to the St. Clair River and put pressure on the Calgary, Alberta, company to correct the problem. Miller wrote a letter to House Transportation and Infra
Freeze hits TVA manager salaries | Tennessee News Press TV
Will Delta Queen float again? U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar's loss in the general election could mean a comeback for the Delta Queen steamboat on the Mississippi River. OBERSTAR'S ROLE? In 2008, Oberstar, D-Minn., cited safety. ...
Meet the 112th | Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Jon Tevlin column
Rep. Jim Oberstar. It is only fitting that a transportation czar get a ticket on Greyhound, which started in his district. He religiously brought the pork back home, but after 35 years — yes, 35 — he was as imperious as the rest, ...
Bachmann Suddenly Pro-Earmark?
In other words, Michele's opposed to the corruption practiced by porkmeisters like the late John Murtha or the vanquished Jim Oberstar. Their type of earmarking was based on buying off votes or helping friends get re-elected, ...
Politics And Red Ink Dominate 2010 Year In News « CBS Minnesota ...
Republican newcomer Chip Cravaack upset 36-year incumbent Jim Oberstar, the House transportation chairman, in November's biggest upset. In the state's courtrooms, two of the largest business scandals in recent state history ground ...
Met Council Chairman Peter Bell prepares to step down - TwinCities.com
With U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., chairing the House's influential Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in 2007, the climate in Washington seemed ripe. Periods of rising gasoline prices spurred added interest in rail and ...
Herseth Sandlin on PBS Wednesday | Republic Insider
Jim Oberstar of Minnesota, who was beaten in his pursuit of a 19th term, and Virginia's Tom Perriello, who lost in a bid for a second term, were also interviewed for the three-part series. Herseth Sandlin lost to state Rep. ...
Critics contend failure to screen ground workers risk airport ...
"I don't see why any person employed in the airport would have a legitimate basis to object to going through that screening procedure," said Democratic Rep. Jim Oberstar of Minnesota, chairman of the House Transportation and ...
Let Freedom Ring » Blog Archive » Bachmann Suddenly Pro-Earmark?
In other words, Michele's opposed to the corruption practiced by porkmeisters like the late John Murtha or the vanquished Jim Oberstar. Their type of earmarking was based on buying off votes or helping friends get re-elected, not on the ...
Some attitudes will never change
region of the country. By unceremoniously tossing 36-year U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar out of office, the district went from being a major recipient of federal money to just another remote congressional district in the middle of the country. ...
Some attitudes will never change
region of the country. By unceremoniously tossing 36-year US Rep. Jim Oberstar out of office, the district went from being a major recipient of federal money to just another remote congressional district in the middle of the country.
Foreign and Domestic: Some attitudes will never change
region of the country. By unceremoniously tossing 36-year U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar out of office, the district went from being a major recipient of federal money to just another remote congressional district in the middle of the country. ...
Bring on the top news lists, including bears | MinnesotaBrown
I don't argue with the top story, the Republican gains and defeat of Jim Oberstar in Minnesota's Eighth District. That was easy, though. The editorial decisions made after that are dubious, in my opinion. ... in my Iron Range community and disclos
Evolutionary ideas | StarTribune.com
Some contours of the Minnesota political map seemed immutable to me after 30 years of covering state politics for this newspaper. Among them: The Eighth District will vote for U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar as long as he cares to run. ...
2010 Election… Results and Facts | Frustrated Incorporated
Rep. Jim Marshall (D-Ga.) Rep. Walt Minnick (D-Idaho) Rep. Bill Foster (D-Ill.) Rep. Debbie Halvorson (D-Ill.) Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill.) Rep. Baron Hill (D-Ind.) Rep. Frank Kratovil (D-Md.) Rep. Mark Schauer (D-Mich.) Rep. Jim Oberstar ...
Global warming skeptic flattens Big Green's insulting Jim Oberstar ...
Global warming skeptic flattens Big Green's insulting Jim Oberstar Washington Examiner Jim Oberstar, chairman of an important committee and an influential global warming believer. Cravaack, 51, won the state's vast 8th congressional ...
Global warming skeptic flattens Big Green's insulting Jim Oberstar ...
Global warming skeptic flattens Big Green's insulting Jim Oberstar Washington Examiner Jim Oberstar, chairman of an important committee and an influential global warming believer. Cravaack, 51, won the state's vast 8th congressional ...
Pardon urged for Dakota Indian wrongly executed in 1862.
Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., who's leaving the US House after a long career, supports the move, calling it a “grand gesture” and “a wrong that should be righted.” The backdrop for the executions was the Dakota War of 1862, ...
Oberstar's Goodbye Message | Bike Train PDX
I just wanted to share a message outgoing from outgoing Congressman Jim Oberstar. This September we were lucky to have Congressman Oberstar visit the Beach Bike Train. He is the creator of Safe Routes to School and a tireless advocate ...
Is Northern Lights Express back on track? | Duluth News Tribune ...
Pawlenty called NLX primarily a creation of Rep. Jim Oberstar, and said Oberstar's defeat in the Nov. 2 election meant “the odds of that happening go down.” Oberstar's successor, Chip Cravaack, has said he doesn't think the NLX is ...
Demographics and Politics
My comparison would be even better before the 2010 midterms, when Chip Cravaack ousted longtime Democrat Jim Oberstar in the MN-8, the shaded district in the NE. But I think the pattern is still startlingly clear. ...
Freshman Congressman-Elect Chip Cravaack
Rep.-elect CRAVAACK: Thank you very much. I appreciate your time today and all the best and Happy Thanksgiving. CONAN: Okay. You too. Chip Cravaack is the incoming member of the House of Representatives, who defeated Jim Oberstar in the ...
Unemployment Insurance makes up only a small piece of federal ...
Minnesota Representatives John Kline, Jim Oberstar, Erik Paulsen, Collin Peterson, and Tim Walz voted for the bill, while Representatives Michele Bachmann, Keith Ellison, and Betty McCollum voted against it. The House vote followed a ...
New Appointees to Transportation Committee Not Urban | Planetizen
"Under the leadership of former Congressman Jim Oberstar, transit programs and pro-transit policy were on center stage. By their nature, these policies tended to be city-specific and urban centric. Thus, federal spending priorities ...
The Power of Misunderstanding
I was the first media person that predicted he'd defeat Rep. Oberstar, before Tom Scheck, Esme Murphy, Pat Kessler, Mary Lahammer or Tom Hauser made that prediction. When Congressman-Elect Cravaack asked questions about the need for that terminal ...
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