U.S. Congress - Rep. Jim Oberstar, (D) 
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 ne...
Chip Cravaack ousts Jim Oberstar in the eighth congressional district race, Bob Barrett is the new state House Representative, coming ou...
'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 ...
Oberstar is acting like a petulant...
Defeated 8th District Congressman Jim Oberstar still hasn't spoken to Congressman-elect Chip Cravaack. In fact, he has done nothing to a...
Replacing river pipeline is a victory
...Alberta, company to correct the problem. Miller wrote a letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Obers...
Pilot's video stirs fear of air se...
...employed in the airport would have a legitimate basis to object to going through that screening procedure," said Democratic Rep. Jim O...
Replacing river pipeline is a victory
...Alberta, company to correct the problem. Miller wrote a letter to House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Obers...
Jon Tevlin's false equivalencies i...
...are all heinous crimes. But Oberstar doing his job and Ellison's one vote are equivalent? Here's Oberstar's crime: Rep. Jim Oberstar....
Minn. politics, red ink dominate 2...
Republican newcomer Chip Cravaack upset 36-year incumbent Jim Oberstar, the House transportation chairman, in November's biggest upset. ...
Met Council Chairman Peter Bell pr...
With US Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., chairing the House's influential Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure in 2007, the climate...
Adam Platt: High-speed rail should...
•McIlheran argues that November's election was evidence of the failure of the high-speed rail agenda, implying that US Rep. Jim Oberstar...
Blog Coverage
10 bike stories of 2010 » Cyclelic...
Minnesota Representative Jim Oberstar chaired the US House Transportation Committee, where he championed Federal funding for bicycle rela...
Tarmac security questions renewed ...
“I don't see why any person employed in the airport would have a legitimate basis to object to going through that screening procedure,” s...
2010 in review: The local stories ...
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 ne...
Minnesota FCCLA: TEEN DRIVING SAFE...
... Teen And Novice Driver Uniform Protection (STANDUP) Act. After the conference, I met with U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota as ...
Big Wind, More Gas and Other Blovi...
Clean Water, Mining and the Fall of Jim Oberstar: Representative-Elect Chip Cravaack beat Jim Oberstar in Minnesota's 8thDistrict in part...
Replacing river pipeline is a vict...
U.S. Rep. Candice Miller, R-Harrison Township, raised concerns about the pipeline's obvious threat to the St. Clair River and put pressur...
Freeze hits TVA manager salaries |...
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 o...
Meet the 112th | Star Tribune, Min...
Rep. Jim Oberstar. It is only fitting that a transportation czar get a ticket on Greyhound, which started in his district. He religiously...
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. T...
Politics And Red Ink Dominate 2010...
Republican newcomer Chip Cravaack upset 36-year incumbent Jim Oberstar, the House transportation chairman, in November's biggest upset. I...
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