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 | Description (Bill) |
Amount (desc) |
Additional Sponsors | Locations | Receiving Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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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 | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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 | |
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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. |
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2008 |
SD 44 and SD 73, Paving (Transportation-Housing and Urban Development) |
$617,400 | No additional sponsors indicated | Mellette | |
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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 |
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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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