U.S. Congress - James Oberstar In The News 
James Oberstar
Democrat • 18 Terms • Sworn In 1975
- 38 Sponsored Bills (Ranks 40 of 440) 6 Made Into Law (Ranks 3 of 440)
- 276 Co-Sponsored Bills (Ranks 288 of 440) 22 Made Into Law (Ranks 59 of 440)
- Most often votes with:
- Rep. Dale Kildee
- Parker Griffith
- Least often votes with:
- Walter Minnick
- Rep. Paul Broun
- Votes with party 97%
- Abstains: 3%
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2010 faces and places that were newsworthy
Chip Cravaack ousts Jim Oberstar in the eighth congressional district race, Bob Barrett is the new state House Representative, coming out ahead of Cindy ...
'Island of Fellowship' holds out hope
"We do not name rooms in this august building lightly or frequently," said Minnesota Congressman Jim Oberstar, a Democrat also defeated this year. ...
Oberstar is acting like a petulant child
Defeated 8th District Congressman Jim Oberstar still hasn't spoken to Congressman-elect Chip Cravaack. In fact, he has done nothing to assist the transition ...
Replacing river pipeline is a victory
...Alberta, company to correct the problem. Miller wrote a letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar requesting that the committee's September hearing include the St. Clair River pipeline dent: "There are multiple wa
Pilot's video stirs fear of air security gaps
...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 Infrastructure Committee, who will end his 36 years in
Replacing river pipeline is a victory
...Alberta, company to correct the problem. Miller wrote a letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar requesting that the committee's September hearing include the St. Clair River pipeline dent: "There are multiple wa
Jon Tevlin's false equivalencies involving Bachmann, Oberstar and Ellison
...are all heinous crimes. But Oberstar doing his job and Ellison's one vote are equivalent? Here's Oberstar's crime: Rep. Jim Oberstar. It is only fitting that a transportation czar get a ticket on Greyhound, which started in his district. He religiously
Minn. politics, red ink dominate 2010 year in news
Republican newcomer Chip Cravaack upset 36-year incumbent Jim Oberstar, the House transportation chairman, in November's biggest upset. ...
Met Council Chairman Peter Bell prepares to step down
With US Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., chairing the House's influential Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in 2007, the climate in Washington ...
Adam Platt: High-speed rail shouldn't be so easily dismissed
•McIlheran argues that November's election was evidence of the failure of the high-speed rail agenda, implying that US Rep. Jim Oberstar's ouster turned on ...
Aviation officials under fire over security gaps
Jim Oberstar of Minnesota, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who will end his 36 years in Congress next week. ...
Adam Platt: High-speed rail shouldn't be so easily dismissed
...argues that November's election was evidence of the failure of the high-speed rail agenda, implying that U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar's ouster turned on his support for a train to Duluth, and that U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann's victory was built on her oppositi
Political 'resurrections' may prove too big a task for 2011's 'Un-Magnificent ...
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 ...
Adam Platt: High-speed rail shouldn't be so easily dismissed
•McIlheran argues that November's election was evidence of the failure of the high-speed rail agenda, implying that US Rep. Jim Oberstar's ouster turned on ...
Ticket to Ride is what these clowns deserve
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 ...
Reader's view: Oberstar acting like a petulant child
US Rep. Jim Oberstar reportedly still hasn't said word one to US Rep.-elect Chip Cravaack. He has done nothing, zero, zip, nada, to assist in the transition ...
2010 in review: The local stories that made us talk
And Democratic US Rep. Jim Oberstar lost his 36-year hold on the 8th Congressional District seat in an upset almost no one saw coming. ...
Duluth News Tribune's top 10 stories of 2010
Especially momentous for Northeastern Minnesota was the upset of US Rep. Jim Oberstar, an Iron Range politician who represented Minnesota's 8th District ...
Tax bill makes strange alliances - Bachmann, Ellison
It may have been just a little less of a surprise that conservative John Kline and liberal Jim Oberstar sided. Minnesota's senators, both Democrats, ...
Target kept on giving to anti-gay politicians after Emmer fiasco
Tim Walz vs Republican Randy Demmer CD 7: Democratic Rep. Collin Peterson vs Republican Vidar Byberg CD 8: Democratic Rep. Jim Oberstar vs Republican Chip ...
Global warming skeptic flattens Big Green's insulting Jim Oberstar
... Green machine: Minnesota's longest serving, 18-term Rep. Jim Oberstar, chairman of an important committee and an influential global warming believer. ...
Mayor urges speedier progress in Armory renovation
Financing of $300000 was secured through the support of Congressman Jim Oberstar and Arlen Kangas, president of Midwest Minnesota Community Development ...
That's all folks! Curtain closes on 111th Congress
... Minnesota health care providers rise dramatically. It was the top priority for Sen. Amy Klobuchar and Reps. Betty McCollum, Tim Walz and Jim Oberstar.
Reader's view: Working hard, being prosperous is no sin
US Rep. Jim Oberstar lost the election. Get over it, liberals. Rep.-elect Chip Cravaack does not take office until January, yet liberals already are nipping ...
Reader's view: Oberstar lost, get over it
Those crying over the demise of US Rep. Jim Oberstar — “Smiling Jim,” as I've heard him called — need to realize the election is over. ...
Editorial: High-speed rail should stay on track
Eighth District Rep. Jim Oberstar, the outgoing chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, said Wisconsin's decision "gives Minnesota ...
Minnesota or Missouri likely to lose congressional district
... federal dollars and thousands of jobs: “Eighth District Rep. Jim Oberstar, the outgoing chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, ...
2010 Election recap and what the results mean for Greater MN
Some of the new chairs of special significance to Greater Minnesota are Senator Dave Senjem of Rochester and Representative Larry Howes of Walker, ...
Lame ducks costing us bucks
The lame duck session is going to be the last for outgoing 18-term Congressman Jim Oberstar of Minnesota, but old habits die hard, including requesting tens ...
GOP freshman says he'll serve no more than four terms
In November, Cravaack surprisingly unseated House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar (D-Minn. ...
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