Where are this year's earmarks 
Fiscal Year(s)
Earmark Spending Ranked by Sponsoring Member
* 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.
| Earmark details | Ranking |
Sponsoring Member (asc) |
Total Amount Sponsored | Number of Earmarks | Average Amount per Earmark | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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1 |
Resigned Hawaii, 1st Abercrombie, Rep. Neil |
$326,674,100 | 113 | $8,525,406 | |
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2 |
Retired New York, 5th Ackerman, Rep. Gary |
$38,196,450 | 33 | $3,409,426 | |
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3 |
Alabama, 4th Aderholt, Rep. Robert |
$224,585,220 | 168 | $3,959,256 | |
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4 |
Defeated New Jersey, 3rd Adler, Rep. John |
$34,979,000 | 16 | $2,186,188 | |
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5 |
Retired Hawaii Akaka, Sen. Daniel |
$535,846,662 | 216 | $7,559,583 | |
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6 |
Ran for Other Office Missouri, 2nd Akin, Rep. Todd |
$99,243,000 | 42 | $6,818,444 | |
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7 |
Tennessee Alexander, Sen. Lamar |
$324,556,000 | 158 | $6,140,526 | |
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8 |
Louisiana, 5th Alexander, Rep. Rodney |
$278,467,163 | 151 | $5,233,506 | |
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9 |
Retired Colorado Allard, Sen. Wayne |
$181,370,900 | 140 | $2,598,222 | |
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10 |
Ran for Other Office Maine, 1st Allen, Rep. Tom |
$93,894,500 | 66 | $2,833,463 | |
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11 |
Defeated Pennsylvania, 4th Altmire, Rep. Jason |
$52,046,135 | 75 | $2,062,505 | |
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12 |
New Jersey, 1st Andrews, Rep. Rob |
$55,082,550 | 36 | $4,629,000 | |
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13 |
Defeated New York, 24th Arcuri, Rep. Mike |
$77,188,264 | 82 | $2,825,597 | |
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14 |
Defeated California, 43rd Baca, Rep. Joe |
$41,510,394 | 53 | $2,340,417 | |
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15 |
Minnesota, 6th Bachmann, Rep. Michele |
$3,767,600 | 7 | $538,229 | |
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Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )



