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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 Wood Utilization
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $4,841,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Former Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC)
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Locations Idaho; Maine; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; North Carolina; Oregon; Tennessee; West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description American Lighthouse Foundation, for restoration and preservation of Maine's historic lighthouses
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $380,000 Sponsors Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) Locations Rockland, Maine Recipients American Lighthouse Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Eastern Maine Community College, for upgrades and satellite locations for science laboratories, including purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $295,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME) Locations Bangor, Maine Recipients Eastern Maine Community College (Bangor, Maine)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation to provide economic relief to Maine lobstermen
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
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Locations Kennebunk, Maine Recipients Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Gulf of Maine Research Institute Transforming New England's Groundfishery into Harvesting Sectors
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
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Locations Portland, Maine Recipients Gulf of Maine Research Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Marine Environmental Research Institute Seals as Sentinels
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
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Locations Blue Hill, Maine Recipients Shaw Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Maine, Orono, ME, for technology upgrades, including the purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $285,000 Sponsors Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Locations Orono, Maine Recipients University of Maine (Orono)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of New England, Biddeford, ME for technology upgrades, including the purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $618,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
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Locations Biddeford, Maine Recipients University of New England
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME, for technology upgrades, including the purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $333,000 Sponsors Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Locations Portland, Maine Recipients University of Southern Maine
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description 211 Maine, Inc., for a 211 telephone number enabling access to health and social services in the community
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $190,000 Sponsors Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Locations Portland, Maine Recipients 2-1-1 Maine Inc.

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