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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Former Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) - Earmarks Requested

Ran for Other Office • Alternate Name: Barack Hussein Obama II
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 8 Cost $3,324,520
With Other Members          Number 49 Cost $95,277,200
All Congressional                Number 57 Cost $98,601,720
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 58* Cost $106,473,720*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Easter Seals Metropolitan Chicago for their School and Center for Autism Research
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $527,000 Sponsors Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients Easterseals Metropolitan Chicago (Ill.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Illinois Primary Health Care Association , for health information systems for clinic sites across the state
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $575,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
Former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
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Locations Springfield, Illinois Recipients Illinois Primary Health Care Association
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, for renovation and construction of the Rock Island MLK, Jr. Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $656,600 Sponsors Former Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL) Locations Rock Island, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lewis University Airport, extension of runway and taxiway
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $735,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Illinois Recipients Lewis University Airport (Romeoville, Ill.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Education initiative, Benedictine University
(Financial Services)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lisle, Illinois Recipients Benedictine University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Soybean Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $793,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
Former Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
Former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL)
...more
Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Illinois-Missouri Alliance for Biotechnology
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $863,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
Former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL)
Former Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)
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Locations Missouri Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description La Raza HOPE Fund for capitalization of a revolving loan fund to be used for nationwide communitv development activities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $980,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL)
Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
Former Rep. Jim Walsh (R-NY)
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Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description River Tech Boulevard Road Construction
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,176,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Moline, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Grand Avenue Underpass
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,313,200 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients

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