Menu Search Account

LegiStorm

Get LegiStorm App Visit Product Demo Website
» Get LegiStorm App
» Get LegiStorm Pro Free Demo
Where are this year's earmarks
Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details View Earmarks by Bill Subsection: Museums & Libraries

Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 No. Total Amount
Earmarks No. 118 Total Amount $27,119,000
Earmark Details Year Description Amount

(asc)

Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description George Eastman House, for the museum's digital media collection, educational programs and online exhibitions Amount $381,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
Locations Rochester, New York Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Duluth Children's Museum, for exhibits and educational programs Amount $381,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
...more
Locations Duluth, Minnesota Recipients Duluth (Minn.) Children's Museum
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors, Glendora, MS for preservation of exhibits and collections for the Emmett Till memorial complex Amount $400,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Glendora, Mississippi Recipients Tallahatchie County, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Texas Libraries, Austin, TX for the Latino Veterans Oral History Project Amount $428,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) Locations Austin, Texas Recipients University of Texas Libraries
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description University of Mississippi, University, MS, for preserving and digitizing recordings in the modern political library archives Amount $450,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations University, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description National Voting Rights Museum & Institute, Selma, AL for the preservation and restoration of exhibits Amount $450,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Artur Genestre Davis (D-AL) Locations Selma, Alabama Recipients National Voting Rights Museum and Institute (Selma, Ala.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mystic Seaport Museum, Inc., Mystic, CT for technology based educational programs Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT)
Former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT)
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT)
...more
Locations Mystic, Connecticut Recipients Mystic (Conn.) Seaport Museum Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Orange County Library System, Orlando, FL for Spanish language media and books Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) Locations Orlando, Florida Recipients Orange County (Fla.) Library System
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Ft. Worth, TX to enhance collections Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium, Dubuque, IA, for exhibits relating to the Mississippi River Amount $500,000 Sponsors Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Locations Dubuque, Iowa Recipients National Mississippi River Museum and Aquarium

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )