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View earmark details Rep. John Lewis (-Georgia, 5th) - Earmarks Requested
In Office
Alternate Name: John Robert Lewis

 
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                     14 $3,241,500
With Other Members          64 $53,012,500
All Congressional                78 $56,254,000
All Sponsored Earmarks      78* $56,254,000*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

(desc)

 Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2010 MARTA Acquisition of Clean Fuel Buses, GA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 $4,000,000 Rep. David Scott (-GA)
Sen. Johnny Isakson (-GA)
Rep. Hank Johnson (-GA)
...more		 Georgia
View earmark details 2009 Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research
(Energy and Water)		 $3,806,000 Rep. Neil Abercrombie (-HI)
Rep. Allen Boyd (-FL)
Rep. John Conyers (-MI)
...more		 Georgia; Hawaii; Kentucky; Michigan; North Carolina; New York; South Dakota Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research Inc.
View earmark details 2010 Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research
(Energy and Water)		 $3,000,000 alert Rep. Neil Abercrombie (-HI)
Rep. Sanford Bishop (-GA)
Rep. John Conyers (-MI)
...more		 Various Locations
View earmark details 2008 Acquisition of MARTA Clean Fuel Buses
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 $2,940,000 Rep. Jack Kingston (-GA)
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (-GA)
Sen. Johnny Isakson (-GA)
...more		 Georgia
View earmark details 2010 Advanced Bio-Engineering for Enhancement of Soldier Survivability
(Defense)		 $2,500,000 Rep. Sanford Bishop (-GA)
Rep. Phil Gingrey (-GA)
Rep. Jack Kingston (-GA)
...more		 Georgia Georgia Institute of Technology; Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience Center for Advanced Bioengineering for Soldier Survivability
View earmark details 2010 Morehouse College, John H. Hopps Defense Research Scholars Program
(Defense)		 $2,400,000 Rep. Sanford Bishop (-GA)
Rep. Jack Kingston (-GA)
Rep. David Scott (-GA)
...more		 Atlanta, Georgia Morehouse College
View earmark details 2010 Morehouse College Minority Energy Science Research and Education Initiative
(Energy and Water)		 $2,000,000 Rep. David Scott (-GA)
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (-GA)
Rep. Jim Marshall (-GA)
...more		 Atlanta, Georgia
View earmark details 2010 Composite tissue transplantation for combat wounded repair
(Defense)		 $2,000,000 Sen. Saxby Chambliss (-GA) Atlanta, Georgia Emory Transplant Center (Atlanta)
View earmark details 2008 John H. Hopps, Jr. Defense Research Scholars Program
(Defense)		 $2,000,000 Rep. Sanford Bishop (-GA)
Rep. Jim Marshall (-GA)
Rep. David Scott (-GA)
...more		 Atlanta, Georgia Morehouse College
View earmark details 2008 Morehouse College Energy Science Research and Education Initiative
(Energy and Water)		 $1,968,000 Rep. Hank Johnson (-GA)
Sen. Saxby Chambliss (-GA)		 Georgia Morehouse College
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