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Where are this year's earmarks
Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Iowa

* Earmarks requested by the president are not included in the member and state rankings to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 No Total Amount
Congressional earmarks 629 $675,572,386
All earmarks 650* $742,238,386*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

(desc)

 Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2009 Cedar Rapids Courthouse
(Disaster Aid)		 $182,000,000 Rep. Dave Loebsack (-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA)
...more		 Cedar Rapids, Iowa
View earmark details 2008 Industrial Waste Treatment Plant
(Military Construction)		 $49,200,000 President (solo) * Iowa Army Ammunition Plant, Iowa
View earmark details 2008 Readiness Center
(Military Construction)		 $13,186,000 Rep. Tom Latham (-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA)
...more		 Iowa City, Iowa
View earmark details 2010 Iowa Department of Education, Des Moines, IA, to continue the Harkin Grant program
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 $7,287,000 Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA) Des Moines, Iowa Iowa Department of Education
View earmark details 2010 Multi-Utility Materials for Future Combat Systems
(Defense)		 $7,200,000 Rep. Corrine Brown (-FL)
Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (-SD)
Rep. Tom Latham (-IA)
...more		 Iowa; South Dakota Florida A&M University; South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Iowa State University
View earmark details 2010 SOAR Virtual School District
(Defense)		 $6,000,000 Rep. Bruce Braley (-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA)
...more		 Cedar Falls, Iowa University of Northern Iowa
View earmark details 2010 Midwest Counter-Drug Training Center
(Defense)		 $6,000,000 Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA)		 Johnston, Iowa Iowa National Guard
View earmark details 2009 Vehicle Maintenance & Comm. Training Complex
(Military Construction)		 $5,600,000 Rep. Steve King (-IA)
Rep. Tom Latham (-IA)
Rep. Dave Loebsack (-IA)
...more		 Fort Dodge, Iowa
View earmark details 2009 Iowa Department of Education to continue the Harkin grant program
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 $5,471,000 Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA) Iowa Iowa Department of Education
View earmark details 2008 Lock and Dam 11, Mississippi River (Major Rehab)
(Energy and Water)		 $5,141,000 Rep. Bruce Braley (-IA)
Sen. Kit Bond (-MO)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
...more		 Iowa
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