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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Maine

* 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. 223 Total Amount $213,344,000
All earmarks No. 239* Total Amount $311,746,000*
Earmark Details Year

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Groundline Exchange Program, to coordinate a Maine groundline exchange program providing financial assistance to lobstermen by enabling them to purchase "whale-safe" rope in exchange for their existing groundline, Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $376,000 Sponsors Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Locations Maine Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulf of Maine Research Institute lab upgrades
(Energy and Water)
Amount $738,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
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Locations Maine Recipients Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Holbrook Community Foundation, for repair and renovation to Holbrook's Wharf
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $147,000 Sponsors Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Locations Harpswell, Maine Recipients Holbrook Community Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description I-295, Exit 4 Improvement Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $367,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
...more
Locations Maine Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Innovative Methods for Ship-Building Affordability
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME) Locations Sanford, Maine Recipients Applied Thermal Sciences Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jeremiah Cromwell Disabilities Center, for awareness training for students
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Locations Portland, Maine Recipients Cromwell Center for Disabilities Awareness
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Land port of entry
(Financial Services)
Amount $17,160,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Madawaska, Maine Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lobster Institute CORE Initiative
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $188,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
...more
Locations Maine Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lowbush Blueberry Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $184,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Former Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
...more
Locations Maine Recipients Wild Blueberry Commission of Maine
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lower Penobscot Forest
(Interior)
Amount $3,249,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
...more
Locations Maine Recipients

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