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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) - Earmarks Requested

Retired • Alternate Name: Thomas Richard Harkin
All     Solo     With Other Members     
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     Number 148 Cost $191,880,080
With Other Members          Number 462 Cost $1,019,183,356
All Congressional                Number 610 Cost $1,211,063,436
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 624* Cost $1,281,832,436*
Earmark Details Year

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Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Naval Sea Cadet Corps
(Defense)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Former Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
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Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description New Century Farm
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $223,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Locations Iowa Recipients Iowa State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge
(Interior)
Amount $404,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tim Walz (D-MN)
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
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Locations Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Novel Viral Biowarfare Agent Identification and Treatment (NOVBAIT)
(Defense)
Amount $3,200,000 Sponsors Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) Locations San Francisco, California Recipients Prosetta Antiviral Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description On-Farm Management Systems Evaluation
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $178,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Locations Iowa Recipients Iowa Soybean Association
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Orthopedic Extremity Trauma Research Program
(Defense)
Amount $4,800,000 Sponsors Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Ottuma Regional Health Center construction, renovation and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $383,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Dave Loebsack (D-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Locations Ottuma, Iowa Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Our Children's Homestead, Central Iowa for Housing/Vocational Education Program for Foster Children--Aging Out
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $205,800 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Latham (R-IA)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
Locations Iowa Recipients Our Children's Homestead
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Palmer College on Chiropractic, Consortia Center for Chiropractic Research, and the Policy Institute for Integrative Medicine, for a best practices initiative on lower back pain
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Recipients Palmer College of Chiropractic
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Civil Air Patrol
(Defense)
Amount $2,300,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE)
Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE)
Locations Unknown Location Recipients Civil Air Patrol

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