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View earmark details Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) - Earmarks Requested

In Office • Alternate Name: Sheldon Whitehouse
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 5 Cost $1,225,300
With Other Members          Number 153 Cost $127,376,922
All Congressional                Number 158 Cost $128,602,222
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 158* Cost $128,602,222*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Peer Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program
(Defense)
Amount $80,000,000 alert Sponsors Former Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Former Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE)
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Locations Unknown Location Recipients
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 2009 Description Center for Civic Education for two programs - We the People and Cooperative Education Exchange - that are authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $25,095,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Mike Arcuri (D-NY)
Former Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
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Locations California Recipients Center for Civic Education
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Reading is Fundamental authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $24,803,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ)
Former Rep. Mike Arcuri (D-NY)
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Locations Washington, District of Columbia Recipients Reading Is Fundamental Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Writing Project for activities authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $24,291,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
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Locations Berkeley, California Recipients National Writing Project
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Writing Project, a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes K-16 teacher training programs in the effective teaching of writing.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $23,581,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY)
Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA)
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Locations Berkeley, California Recipients National Writing Project
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Center for Civic Education for two programs (We the People and Cooperative Education Exchange) that are authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $21,617,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Joe Baca (R-CA)
Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA)
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Locations Various Locations Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description National Rural Water Association
(Interior)
Amount $13,000,000 alert Sponsors Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY)
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
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Locations Various Locations Recipients National Rural Water Association
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Peer Reviewed Ovarian Cancer Research Program
(Defense)
Amount $10,000,000 alert Sponsors Former Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Former Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE)
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Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Tribally Controlled Postsecondary Vocational Institutions program authorized under the Perkins Career and Technical Education Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $7,773,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA)
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Former Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM)
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Locations Unknown Location Recipients

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