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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) - Earmarks Requested

Retired • Alternate Name: Thomas Richard Harkin
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 148 Cost $191,880,080
With Other Members          Number 462 Cost $1,019,183,356
All Congressional                Number 610 Cost $1,211,063,436
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 624* Cost $1,281,832,436*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $650,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Locations Ames, Iowa Recipients Iowa State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Entrepreneurial Development Center business accelerator
(Financial Services)
Amount $650,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Locations Cedar Rapids, Iowa Recipients Entrepreneurial Development Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Center for Education in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
(Defense)
Amount $640,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Locations Cedar Falls, Iowa Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Best Buddies International for mentoring programs for persons with intellectual disabilities
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $633,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
Former Rep. Jim Ramstad (R-MN)
Locations Miami, Florida Recipients Best Buddies International
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Protein Utilization, IA
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $624,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Locations Iowa Recipients Iowa State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa for a Tribal Health Care Clinic
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $618,000 Sponsors Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Locations Tama, Iowa Recipients Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wind Hazards Reduction Program, for research into reducing wind related damage from storms and tornados, Iowa St. University
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $613,000 Sponsors Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Locations Ames, Iowa Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Northern Iowa, to improve the use geospatial data by state and local governments
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $613,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Locations Cedar Falls, Iowa Recipients University of Northern Iowa
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Project STORM Air Quality Initiative, air quality research, University of Northern Iowa
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $613,000 Sponsors Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Locations Cedar Falls, Iowa Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Emergency operations center
(Homeland Security)
Amount $600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA) Locations Ames, Iowa Recipients City of Ames, Iowa

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