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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Former Rep. John Shimkus (R-Illinois, 15th) - Earmarks Requested

Retired • Alternate Name: John Mondy Shimkus
All     Solo     With 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                     Number 33 Cost $6,830,250
With Other Members          Number 19 Cost $43,998,000
All Congressional                Number 52 Cost $50,828,250
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 66* Cost $261,976,250*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The Village of Farina for Water System Improvements
(Interior)
Amount $246,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Farina, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL for purchase of equipment at the SIAM Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $238,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Edwardsville, Illinois Recipients Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Design, Engineering, Land Acquisition and Planning for the Cross-town Connector Project at US 76
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $237,500 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Godfrey, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Fayette County, IL, Sheriff's Office
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $211,500 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Fayette, Illinois Recipients Fayette County (Ill.) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Hamilton Memorial Hospital, McLeansboro, IL for an electronic medical records initiative
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations McLeansboro, Illinois Recipients Hamilton Memorial Hospital (McLeansboro, Ill.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sparks College for a closed captioner training program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) Locations Shelbyville, Illinois Recipients Sparks College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Southeastern Illinois College, Hamburg, IL to develop a mining and mine safety curriculum
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $190,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Hamburg, Illinois Recipients Southeastern Illinois College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mt. Erie-Golden Gate Rd Resurfacing and Expansion, Wayne County, IL
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $190,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Wayne County, Illinois Recipients Wayne County, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Springfield, IL for renovation of the Tinsley Project for the Lincoln Bicentennial
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $166,250 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Springfield, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Madison and St. Clair Counties, IL
(Energy and Water)
Amount $165,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL) Locations St. Clari County Recipients

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