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Where are this year's earmarks
Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Rep. Marcy Kaptur (-Ohio, 9th) - Earmarks Requested
In Office
Alternate Name: Marcia Carolyn Kaptur

 
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                     121 $140,247,321
With Other Members          67 $80,141,996
All Congressional                188 $220,389,317
All Sponsored Earmarks      194* $227,034,317*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

(asc)

Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2010 Ottawa County for the Ottawa County sanitary sewer project
(Interior)
$500,000 Sen. George Voinovich (-OH) Ottawa County, Ohio Ottawa County, Ohio
View earmark details 2010 Ottawa County Public Safety Infrastructure
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$200,000 No additional sponsors indicated Clinton, Ohio Ottawa County (Ohio) Emergency Management Agency
View earmark details 2008 Parents as Teachers Heroes
(Defense)
$2,400,000 Rep. Nancy Boyda (-KS)
Rep. Jack Kingston (-GA)
Rep. Adam Smith (-WA)
...more
Unknown Location Parents as Teachers National Center Inc.
View earmark details 2009 Photovoltaic Tent Fabric
(Defense)
$2,800,000 No additional sponsors indicated Toledo, Ohio
View earmark details 2008 Phytoestrogen Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$1,519,000 Rep. Bill Jefferson (-LA)
Rep. Bobby Jindal (-LA)
Rep. Charlie Melancon (-LA)
...more
New Orleans, Louisiana
View earmark details 2010 Phytoestrogen Research, New Orleans, LA
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$1,750,000 Rep. Joseph Cao (-LA)
Sen. Mary Landrieu (-LA)
New Orleans, Louisiana
View earmark details 2009 Phytoestrogen Research, New Orleans, LA
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$1,426,000 Rep. Bill Jefferson (-LA)
Rep. Charlie Melancon (-LA)
Sen. Mary Landrieu (-LA)
...more
New Orleans, Louisiana
View earmark details 2008 Phytoremediation Plant Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$574,000 No additional sponsors indicated Ohio
View earmark details 2009 Phytoremediation Plant Research, OH
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$539,000 Sen. George Voinovich (-OH) Ohio
View earmark details 2008 Plasma-Sphere Array for Flexible Electronics
(Defense)
$1,600,000 No additional sponsors indicated Toledo, Ohio Imaging Systems Technology Inc. 
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