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View earmark details Sen. John Thune (-South Dakota) - Earmarks Requested
In Office
Alternate Name: John Randolph Thune
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AllSoloWith 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                     17 $13,304,328
With Other Members          137 $340,269,050
All Congressional                154 $353,573,378
All Sponsored Earmarks      162* $526,411,378*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

(desc)

Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2009 Intersection Improvements on US 212 and US 81 and Improvements to US 81, SD
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$950,000 Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (-SD) South Dakota
View earmark details 2008 Oglala Sioux Tribe Criminal Justice System, for law enforcement, court, and detention equipment and operations
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$893,000 Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (-SD)
Sen. Tim Johnson (-SD)
South Dakota Oglala Sioux Tribe
View earmark details 2009 Rosebud Sioux Tribe for law enforcement, court operations, prosecutors, the public defenders office and detention programs
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$850,000 Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (-SD)
Sen. Tim Johnson (-SD)
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota Rosebud Sioux Tribe
View earmark details 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
View earmark details 2009 Water Systems Council WellCare
(Interior)
$700,000 alert Rep. Tom Allen (-ME)
Rep. Mike Arcuri (-NY)
Rep. Leonard Boswell (-IA)
...more
Various Locations Water Systems Council
View earmark details 2008 US 212, Paving from Eagle Butte to East of the SD 63 East Junction
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$686,000 Sen. Tim Johnson (-SD) Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota
View earmark details 2008 Ellsworth Air Force Base Road Improvement
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$686,000 No additional sponsors indicated South Dakota Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.
View earmark details 2008 SD 44 and SD 73, Paving
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$617,400 No additional sponsors indicated Mellette
View earmark details 2010 Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud, SD, for facilities and equipment relating to emergency medical services
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$600,000 Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (-SD)
Sen. Tim Johnson (-SD)
Rosebud, South Dakota Rosebud Sioux Tribe
View earmark details 2009 Novel Extremity Body Armor
(Defense)
$600,000 Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (-SD)
Sen. Tim Johnson (-SD)
Rapid City, South Dakota
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