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View earmark details Sen. Mark Begich (-Alaska) - Earmarks Requested
In Office
Alternate Name: Mark Peter Begich

 
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                     10 $12,775,600
With Other Members          38 $40,805,250
All Congressional                48 $53,580,850
All Sponsored Earmarks      49* $56,080,850*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

(desc)

Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2010 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)
$21,617,000 alert Rep. Neil Abercrombie (-HI)
Rep. Joe Baca (-CA)
Rep. Mike Capuano (-MA)
...more
Various Locations
View earmark details 2010 Denali Commission to support health projects and economic development activities for the arctic region under the Denali Commission Act of 1998
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$10,000,000 Rep. Don Young (-AK)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (-AK)
Alaska
View earmark details 2010 Reach Out and Read authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$6,000,000 alert Sen. Ted Kennedy (-MA)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (-NY)
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (-HI)
...more
Various Locations Reach Out and Read National Center
View earmark details 2010 National Council on Economic Education for the Cooperative Education Exchange program, which is authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education Program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$5,019,000 alert Sen. Paul G. Kirk (-MA)
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (-HI)
Rep. Joe Baca (-CA)
...more
Various Locations
View earmark details 2010 Combat Pistol Range
(Military Construction)
$4,900,000 No additional sponsors indicated Fort Richardson, Alaska
View earmark details 2010 Military Burn Trauma Research Program
(Defense)
$4,500,000 Rep. Dan Lungren (-CA)
Rep. Doris Okada Matsui (-CA)
Sen. Barbara Boxer (-CA)
...more
Illinois American Burn Association; University of California Davis Regional Burn Center
View earmark details 2010 Communities in Schools for activities authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$3,500,000 alert Sen. Roland Wallace Burris (-IL)
Sen. Maria Cantwell (-WA)
Sen. Kirsten Rutnik Gillibrand (-NY)
...more
Various Locations
View earmark details 2010 Tongass: National Forest timber pipeline program
(Interior)
$2,500,000 President *
Rep. Don Young (-AK)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (-AK)
Alaska
View earmark details 2010 Southwest Alaska Regional Geothermal Energy Project (AK)
(Energy and Water)
$2,500,000 Sen. Lisa Murkowski (-AK) Alaska
View earmark details 2010 Rural Community Assistance Partnership
(Interior)
$2,500,000 alert Rep. John Olver (-MA)
Rep. Hal Rogers (-KY)
Sen. Max Baucus (-MT)
...more
Various Locations Rural Community Assistance Partnership
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