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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Illinois

* 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. 998 Total Amount $1,031,088,882
All earmarks No. 1086* Total Amount $2,519,434,583*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Shedd Aquarium Invasive Species Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $940,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) Locations Illinois Recipients John G. Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, Ill.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Shedd Aquarium, for a juvenile delinquency prevention program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $401,850 Sponsors Former Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients John G. Shedd Aquarium (Chicago, Ill.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description SouthCom Dispatch Center for Technological Improvements
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $211,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL) Locations Illinois Recipients U.S. Southern Command
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Southern Illinois University - Carbondale, Center for Rural Violence and Prevention
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL) Locations Carbondale, Illinois Recipients Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description TASC Center for Health and Justice
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $47,000 Sponsors Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients Center for Health and Justice at TASC
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The Beloved Community Family Services
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $305,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients Beloved Community Family Services Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Union County, IL Sheriff's Department
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $446,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL) Locations Union, Illinois Recipients Union County (Ill.) Sheriff's Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Illinois at Chicago, for community-based gun violence prevention and intervention
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $380,000 Sponsors Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients University of Illinois at Chicago
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Illinois at Chicago, Project on Violence Prevention - Cease Fire
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $47,000 Sponsors Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients University of Illinois at Chicago
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Village of Carpentersville, IL, for the Community Response Team
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) Locations Carpentersville, Illinois Recipients Village of Carpentersville, Ill.

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