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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Rep. Peter John Visclosky (-Indiana, 1st) - Earmarks Requested
In Office
Alternate Name: Pete Visclosky
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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                     115 $167,476,271
With Other Members          40 $67,735,300
All Congressional                155 $235,211,571
All Sponsored Earmarks      163* $310,423,571*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

(desc)

Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2008 Technical Order Optimization
(Defense)
$1,200,000 No additional sponsors indicated Reston, Virginia Parametric Technology Corp.
View earmark details 2008 Critical Army Systems - Cyber Attack Technology (CASCAT)
(Defense)
$1,200,000 Sen. Dick Lugar (-IN) Merrillville, Indiana Cimcor Inc.
View earmark details 2009 Critical Army Systems Cyber Attack Technology (CASCAT)
(Defense)
$1,200,000 No additional sponsors indicated Merrillville, Indiana
View earmark details 2008 Rapid and Accurate Pathogen Identification/Detection (RAPID) Program
(Defense)
$1,200,000 Sen. Evan Bayh (-IN)
Sen. Dick Lugar (-IN)
Hammond, Indiana Purdue University
View earmark details 2009 Rapid Up-Armor Synthesis and Crashworthiness Design for Improved Soldier Survivability
(Defense)
$1,200,000 Sen. Joe Donnelly (-IN) Notre Dame, Indiana University of Notre Dame
View earmark details 2008 Improving Musculoskeletal Health & Function
(Defense)
$1,200,000 Rep. Mike Pence (-IN)
Sen. Dick Lugar (-IN)
Muncie, Indiana Ball State University
View earmark details 2008 Medical Resources Conservation Technology Pilot Energy Cost Control Evaluation (PECCE)
(Defense)
$1,200,000 No additional sponsors indicated Merrillville Ultra Electronics, ProLogic Inc.; Profile Systems LLC
View earmark details 2009 Control of Vector-Borne Diseases
(Defense)
$1,200,000 No additional sponsors indicated Notre Dame, Indiana
View earmark details 2008 Low Profile Phased Array Antenna
(Defense)
$1,200,000 No additional sponsors indicated Vienna, Virginia RaySat Antenna Systems LLC
View earmark details 2009 Energy Efficient Gallium Nitride Semiconductor Technology
(Defense)
$1,040,000 Rep. Lois Capps (-CA) Goleta, California
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