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Few rules when foreign governments fund Congressional travel

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Paying the Bills | Hill Navigator

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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)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2009 Children's Square, for construction, renovation, and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$476,000 Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA)
Council Bluffs, Iowa
View earmark details 2008 City National Bank Building
(Interior)
$394,000 Rep. Tom Latham (-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA)
...more
Mason City, Iowa
View earmark details 2010 City of Camanche, IA
(Homeland Security)
$187,500 Rep. Bruce Braley (-IA) Comanche, Iowa
View earmark details 2008 City of Cedar Rapids for revitalization of a brownfields site
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$147,000 Rep. Dave Loebsack (-IA)
Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
View earmark details 2010 City of Clinton for construction of a new wastewater treatment facility
(Interior)
$300,000 Rep. Bruce Braley (-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA)
...more
Clinton, Iowa City of Clinton, Iowa
View earmark details 2009 City of Clinton for regional wastewater treatment improvements project
(Interior)
$300,000 Rep. Bruce Braley (-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA)
...more
Clinton, Iowa City of Clinton, Iowa
View earmark details 2009 City of Council Bluffs, for housing rehabilitation and construction in the Playland Park neighborhood located- north of I-480 and west of I-29 in Council Bluffs, Iowa
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$475,000 Rep. Steve King (-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA)
...more
Council Bluffs, Iowa City of Council Bluffs, Iowa
View earmark details 2010 City of Council Bluffs, IA, for development of low and moderate income housing
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$340,900 Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA)
Council Bluffs, Iowa City of Council Bluffs, Iowa
View earmark details 2008 City of Council Bluffs, Sunset Park North Neighborhood Redevelopment, to redevelop the Katelman neighborhood
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$328,300 Sen. Chuck Grassley (-IA)
Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA)
Council Bluffs, Iowa City of Council Bluffs, Iowa
View earmark details 2008 City of Davenport
(Homeland Security)
$200,000 Rep. Bruce Braley (-IA) Iowa City of Davenport, Iowa
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