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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 Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Second Barrier
(Energy and Water)
Amount $7,872,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)
Former Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Former Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL)
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Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Children's Memorial Hospital for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $502,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL)
Former Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)
Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
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Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago (Ill.)
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 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)
Amount $31,917,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Artur Genestre Davis (D-AL)
Former Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY)
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Locations Unknown Location Recipients Indiana University System; Council for Economic Education; National Conference of State Legislatures
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Combined Fire/Police Facility
(Military Construction)
Amount $3,350,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA)
Former Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
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Locations Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago for their School and Center for Autism Research
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $527,000 Sponsors Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients Easterseals Metropolitan Chicago (Ill.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Education initiative, Benedictine University
(Financial Services)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lisle, Illinois Recipients Benedictine University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Energy and Sustainability Institute, Illinois Institute of Technology
(Energy and Water)
Amount $246,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) Locations Illinois Recipients Illinois Institute of Technology Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities for training to address workforce shortage in nursing and allied health
(Financial Services)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) Locations Springfield, Illinois Recipients Federation of Independent Illinois Colleges and Universities
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Flexible Solar Cell for Man Portable Power Generator
(Defense)
Amount $1,840,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Unknown Location Recipients

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