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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) Amount

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
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)
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Locations Illinois Recipients
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 Lewis University Airport, extension of runway and taxiway
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $735,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Illinois Recipients Lewis University Airport (Romeoville, Ill.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, for renovation and construction of the Rock Island MLK, Jr. Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $656,600 Sponsors Former Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL) Locations Rock Island, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Illinois Primary Health Care Association , for health information systems for clinic sites across the state
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $575,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
Former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
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Locations Springfield, Illinois Recipients Illinois Primary Health Care Association
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 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 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 Metrolink Transit Facility
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Rock Island, Illinois Recipients
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

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