Where are this year's earmarks 
Fiscal Year(s)
Sen. John Thune (
-South Dakota) - Earmarks Requested
| In Office |
Alternate Name: John Randolph Thune
This member of Congress has also worked as a congressional staffer. Click here to see the staffer records.
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* 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 |
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Solo Earmarks
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17 | $13,304,328 |
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With Other Members
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137 | $340,269,050 |
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All Congressional
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154 | $353,573,378 |
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All Sponsored Earmarks
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162* | $526,411,378* |
| Earmark Details |
Year (desc) |
Description (Bill) | Amount | Additional Sponsors | Locations | Receiving Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2010 |
Biomass Crop Production, Brookings, SD (Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA) |
$1,250,000 |
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin -SD)Sen. Tim Johnson -SD) |
Brookings, South Dakota | |
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2009 |
Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$250,000 |
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin -SD) |
Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota | Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Public Safety |
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2009 |
Watertown and Vicinity, SD (Energy and Water) |
$311,000 |
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin -SD)Sen. Tim Johnson -SD) |
South Dakota | |
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2009 |
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux (Energy and Water) |
$2,000,000 |
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin -SD)Sen. Tim Johnson -SD) |
South Dakota | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe |
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2009 |
Volunteers of America - Dakotas, Sioux Falls, SD for construction of a new facility to house a residential substance treatment center for women and their children and for other services (Transportation-Housing and Urban Development) |
$475,000 | No additional sponsors indicated | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | |
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2009 |
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule Sioux (Energy and Water) |
$2,871,000 |
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin -SD)Sen. Tim Johnson -SD) |
South Dakota | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe |
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2009 |
Sun Grant Initiative (SD) (Energy and Water) |
$3,806,000 |
Sen. Tim Johnson -SD) |
South Dakota | |
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2009 |
Oglala Sioux Tribe for law enforcement, court operations, prosecutors, public defenders office, and detention equipment and operations on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$750,000 |
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin -SD)Sen. Tim Johnson -SD) |
Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota | Oglala Sioux Tribe |
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2009 |
USD Catalysis Group for Alternative Energy (DE) (Energy and Water) |
$1,046,650 |
Sen. Tim Johnson -SD) |
Delaware | |
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2009 |
Water Systems Council WellCare (Interior) |
$700,000
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Rep. Tom Allen -ME)Rep. Mike Arcuri -NY)Rep. Leonard Boswell -IA)...more |
Various Locations | Water Systems Council |
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