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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Former Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) - Earmarks Requested

Ran for Other Office • Alternate Name: Barack Hussein Obama II
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 8 Cost $3,324,520
With Other Members          Number 49 Cost $95,277,200
All Congressional                Number 57 Cost $98,601,720
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 58* Cost $106,473,720*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Corn to Ethanol Research Pilot Plant, HQ
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $383,000 Sponsors Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Illinois-Missouri Alliance for Biotechnology
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $863,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
Former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL)
Former Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)
...more
Locations Missouri Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Soybean Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $793,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
Former Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
Former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL)
...more
Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), Washington, DC, For national anti-sexual assault programs.
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Former Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE)
Former Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)
...more
Locations Washington, District of Columbia Recipients Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lake County Integrated Criminal Justice Information System
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL) Locations Lake, Illinois Recipients Lake County, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description McHenry County Sheriffs Department, for radio equipment acquisition
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $446,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL) Locations McHenry, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description McLean County, for a drug court
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $350,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations McLean, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Lake County, for communications equipment purchases
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $357,200 Sponsors Former Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL) Locations Lake County, Illinois Recipients Lake County, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description McHenry County Law Enforcement Communication System
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL) Locations McHenry, Illinois Recipients McHenry County, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Shedd Aquarium, for a juvenile delinquency prevention program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $401,850 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients John G. Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, Ill.)

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