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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 Women's Sports Foundation, Chicago, IL, for the GoGirlGol Chicago Initiative, a mentoring, education and development program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $526,900 Sponsors Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients Women's Sports Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Village of Carpentersville, IL, for the Community Response Team
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $0 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Carpentersville, Illinois Recipients Village of Carpentersville, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Upper Miss River - Illinois WW System, IL, IA, MN, MO
(Energy and Water)
Amount $8,856,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO)
Former Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
Former Rep. Kenny Hulshof (R-MO)
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Locations Illinois; Minnesota; Missouri Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The Northeastern Illinois Sewer Improvement Consortium for Sewer Improvements
(Interior)
Amount $345,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description St. Xavier University, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients St. Xavier University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sparks College for a closed captioner training program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL) Locations Shelbyville, Illinois Recipients Sparks College
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 Southwest Rochelle Truck Loop
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,490 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Ogle, Illinois Recipients
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.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rock Island Arsenal; Building 299 Roof Replacement Phase II
(Defense)
Amount $6,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
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Locations Illinois Recipients

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