Sen. Barack Obama (
-Illinois) Ran for Other Office - Earmarks Requested
| Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2009 | Number | Cost |
| Solo Earmarks | 8 | $3,324,520 |
| With Other Members | 50 | $103,149,200 |
| All Sponsored Earmarks | 58 | $106,473,720 |
| Earmark Details | Year |
Description (Bill) (asc) |
Amount | Additional Sponsors | Locations | Receiving Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2008 |
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Second Barrier (Energy & Water) |
$7,872,000 |
President Rep. Judy Biggert ( -IL)Rep. John Conyers Jr ( -MI)Rep. Mark Kirk ( -IL)...more |
Illinois | |
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2008 |
Children's Memorial Hospital for facilities and equipment (Labor-HHS-Education) |
$502,000 |
Rep. Melissa Bean ( -IL)Rep. Rahm Emanuel ( -IL)Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr ( -IL)...more |
Chicago, Illinois | |
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2008 |
City of Lake County, for communications equipment purchases (Commerce, Justice & Science) |
$357,200 |
Rep. Melissa Bean ( -IL) |
Lake County, Illinois | |
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2008 |
Civic Education Program (Center for Civic Education and National Council on Economic Education) and a comprehensive program between the Center for Civic Education, Indiana University and NCSL to improve public education of the congress and state legislatures. (Labor-HHS-Education) |
$31,917,000
|
Rep. Neil Abercrombie ( -HI)Rep. Artur Davis ( -AL)Rep. Geoff Davis ( -KY)...more |
Unknown Location | |
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2008 |
Combined Fire/Police Facility (Military Construction) |
$3,350,000 |
Rep. Bruce Braley ( -IA)Rep. Phil Hare ( -IL)Sen. Richard Durbin ( -IL)...more |
Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois | |
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2008 |
Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago for their School and Center for Autism Research (Labor-HHS-Education) |
$527,000 |
Rep. Danny Davis ( -IL)Sen. Richard Durbin ( -IL) |
Chicago, Illinois | |
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2008 |
Education initiative, Benedictine University (Financial Services) |
$750,000 | No additional sponsors indicated | Lisle, Illinois | |
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2008 |
Energy and Sustainability Institute, Illinois Institute of Technology (Energy & Water) |
$246,000 |
Rep. Rahm Emanuel ( -IL) |
Illinois | |
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2008 |
Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities for training to address workforce shortage in nursing and allied health (Financial Services) |
$250,000 |
Rep. Danny Davis ( -IL) |
Springfield, Illinois | |
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2008 |
Flexible Solar Cell for Man Portable Power Generator (Defense) |
$1,840,000 |
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr ( -IL)Sen. Richard Durbin ( -IL) |
Unknown Location | |
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