Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) Earmarks Requested

Fiscal Year(s)

Sen. Barack Obama (-Illinois) - Earmarks Requested

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Alternate Name: Barack Hussein Obama II

* 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	8	$3,324,520
With Other Members	49	$95,277,200
All Congressional	57	$98,601,720
All Sponsored Earmarks	58*	$106,473,720*

Earmark Details	Year	Description (Bill)	Amount (desc)	Additional Sponsors	Locations	Receiving Organization
	2008	Peer Reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program (Defense)	$138,000,000	Sen. Daniel Akaka (-HI) Sen. Max Baucus (-MT) Sen. Evan Bayh (-IN) ...more	Unknown Location
	2008	Peer Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program (Defense)	$80,000,000	Sen. Daniel Akaka (-HI) Sen. Evan Bayh (-IN) Sen. Joe Biden (-DE) ...more	Unknown Location
	2008	Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (Defense)	$50,000,000	Sen. Max Baucus (-MT) Sen. Barbara Boxer (-CA) Sen. Jim Bunning (-KY) ...more	Unknown Location
	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 Genestre Davis (-AL) Rep. Geoff Davis (-KY) ...more	Unknown Location	Council for Economic Education; National Conference of State Legislatures; Indiana University System
	2008	National Writing Project, a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes K-16 teacher training programs in the effective teaching of writing. (Labor-HHS-Education)	$23,581,000	Rep. Neil Abercrombie (-HI) Rep. Joe Crowley (-NY) Rep. Charlie Dent (-PA) ...more	Berkeley, California	National Writing Project
	2008	Rock Island Arsenal - Arsenal Support Program (Defense)	$11,500,000	Rep. Phil Hare (-IL) Sen. Dick Durbin (-IL) Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA) ...more	Rock Island, Illinois	Rock Island Arsenal
	2008	Gulf War Illness Peer Reviewed Research (Defense)	$10,000,000	Sen. Daniel Akaka (-HI) Sen. Evan Bayh (-IN) Sen. Jeff Bingaman (-NM) ...more	Unknown Location
	2008	Peer Reviewed Ovarian Cancer Research Program (Defense)	$10,000,000	Sen. Daniel Akaka (-HI) Sen. Evan Bayh (-IN) Sen. Joe Biden (-DE) ...more	Unknown Location
	2008	Upper Miss River - Illinois WW System, IL, IA, MN, MO (Energy and Water)	$8,856,000	Rep. Todd Akin (-MO) Rep. Leonard Boswell (-IA) Rep. Kenny Hulshof (-MO) ...more	Illinois; Minnesota; Missouri
	2008	Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Second Barrier (Energy and Water)	$7,872,000	President * Rep. Judy Biggert (-IL) Rep. John Conyers (-MI) Sen. Mark Kirk (-IL) ...more	Illinois
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Sen. Barack Obama (-Illinois) - Earmarks Requested Ran for Other Office Alternate Name: Barack Hussein Obama II

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Sen. Barack Obama (-Illinois) - Earmarks Requested

Ran for Other Office
Alternate Name: Barack Hussein Obama II