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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Rep. Sanford Bishop (-Georgia, 2nd) - Earmarks Requested
In Office
Alternate Name: Sanford Dixon Bishop Jr.

 
AllSoloWith Other Members
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     118 $75,782,144
With Other Members          94 $123,348,750
All Congressional                212 $199,130,894
All Sponsored Earmarks      215* $203,656,894*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

(desc)

Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2010 Too Good for Drugs After-School Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$80,000 No additional sponsors indicated Colquitt, Georgia Miller County (Ga.) New Vision Coalition Inc.
View earmark details 2009 SOWEGA CASA, Inc
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$75,000 No additional sponsors indicated Americus, Georgia SOWEGA CASA Inc.
View earmark details 2009 Pataula Center for Children, Inc
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$75,000 No additional sponsors indicated Blakely, Georgia
View earmark details 2009 Muscogee County Marshal
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$75,000 No additional sponsors indicated Columbus, Georgia Muscogee County (Ga.) Office of the Marshal
View earmark details 2009 Graduation Kitchen Table Workshop/Crawford County Family Connection
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$75,000 No additional sponsors indicated Roberta, Georgia Crawford County (Ga.) Family Connection Inc.
View earmark details 2009 City of Albany Totally Teen Zone
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$75,000 Sen. Saxby Chambliss (-GA) Albany, Georgia City of Albany, Ga.
View earmark details 2010 Delinquency Prevention
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$75,000 No additional sponsors indicated Vienna, Georgia Dooly County (Ga.) Community Enrichment Coalition
View earmark details 2009 Clarence and Maxine Owens Foundation/ Outreach Services of Southwest Georgia
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$75,000 No additional sponsors indicated Bainbridge, Georgia Clarence and Maxine Owens Foundation for Resource Initiatives Inc.
View earmark details 2009 Chattahoochee County Family Connection
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$75,000 No additional sponsors indicated Cusseta, Georgia Chattahoochee County, Ga.
View earmark details 2009 Calhoun County Family Connection
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$75,000 No additional sponsors indicated Edison, Georgia Calhoun County (Ga.) Family Connection Collaborative
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