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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Illinois

* 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 No. 998 Total Amount $1,031,088,882
All earmarks No. 1086* Total Amount $2,519,434,583*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description METRA, IL
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $24,000,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi River between Missouri River and Minneapolis (MVS Portion)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $25,061,000 Sponsors Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Illinois Waterway, Lockport Lock and Dam, IL (Replacement)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $27,369,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description McCook and Thornton Reservoirs, IL
(Energy and Water)
Amount $28,709,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL)
Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
...more
Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Argonne National Lab
(Energy and Water)
Amount $29,479,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Argonne, Illinois Recipients Argonne National Laboratory
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description McCook and Thonton Reservoirs
(Energy and Water)
Amount $29,490,000 Sponsors President *
Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
Former Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL)
...more
Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description CTA Brown Une (Ravenswood)
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $30,474,404 Sponsors President *
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Gravesite expansion and cemetery improvements
(Military Construction)
Amount $38,300,000 Sponsors President *
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Elwood, Illinois Recipients Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description CTA Brown Line Capacity Expansion
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $39,200,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Ravenwood, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi River Levees, AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO & TN
(Energy and Water)
Amount $44,702,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)
Former Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA)
Former Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)
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Locations Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Missouri; Mississippi; Tennessee Recipients

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