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View earmark details Sen. Tom Harkin (-Iowa) - Earmarks Requested
In Office
Alternate Name: Thomas Richard Harkin
This member of Congress has also worked as a congressional staffer. Click here to see the staffer records.

 
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                     148 $191,880,080
With Other Members          462 $1,019,183,356
All Congressional                610 $1,211,063,436
All Sponsored Earmarks      624* $1,281,832,436*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2009 Boys Town National Research Hospital, for construction, renovation and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$476,000 Sen. Ben Nelson (-NE) Omaha, Nebraska Boys Town National Research Hospital (Omaha, NE)
View earmark details 2008 Briar Cliff University for equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$184,000 Rep. Steve King (-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Sioux City, Iowa Briar Cliff University
View earmark details 2009 Briar Cliff University, for equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$190,000 Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA) Sioux City, Iowa Briar Cliff University
View earmark details 2010 Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, IA, for a year-round camp for children with disabilities
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$0 No additional sponsors indicated Sioux City, Iowa Briar Cliff University
View earmark details 2010 Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, IA for purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$100,000 Rep. Steve King (-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Sioux City, Iowa Briar Cliff University
View earmark details 2010 Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines, IA, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$500,000 Rep. Leonard Boswell (-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Des Moines, Iowa Broadlawns Medical Center (Des Moines, Iowa)
View earmark details 2009 Broadlawns Medical Center, for equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$476,000 No additional sponsors indicated Des Moines, Iowa Broadlawns Medical Center (Des Moines, Iowa)
View earmark details 2009 Buckhawk Bottoms
(Energy and Water)
$0 President *
Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Iowa
View earmark details 2009 Buena Vista University, for support for students with disabilities
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$238,000 No additional sponsors indicated Storm Lake, Iowa Buena Vista University
View earmark details 2010 Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, IA, for support for students with disabilities
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$200,000 No additional sponsors indicated Storm Lake, Iowa Buena Vista University
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