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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description CTA Circle Line
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $3,841,600 Sponsors Former Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description CTA Orange Line Extension
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description CTA Red Line Extension
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $588,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description CTA Yellow Line Extension - Village of Skokie
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $588,000 Sponsors Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Skokie, Illinois Recipients Village of Skokie, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description DeKalb County, IL Drug Court
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $171,080 Sponsors Former Rep. Denny Hastert (R-IL) Locations DeKalb, Illinois Recipients DeKalb County, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Delta Regional Authority
(Energy and Water)
Amount $11,498,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Arkansas; Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Missouri; Mississippi; Tennessee Recipients Delta Regional Authority
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description DePaul University Interdisciplinary Science and Technology
(Energy and Water)
Amount $246,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) Locations Illinois Recipients DePaul University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Des Plaines River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $6,001,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL)
Former Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
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Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Des Plaines River (Phase II)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $362,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Des Plaines Teen Center, for prevention programming for at-risk adolescents
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Locations Des Plaines, Illinois Recipients

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