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Where are this year's earmarks
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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Shedd Aquarium, for exhibits and community outreach
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL)
Former Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL)
Locations Chicago, 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 Sheridan Crossing Improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) Locations North Chicago, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Small Arms Marksmanship Trainer
(Military Construction)
Amount $10,221,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Great Lakes, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description South Fork of South Branch of Chicago River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Illinois Recipients
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 Southern Illinois University, Biofuels Research
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Locations Carbondale, Illinois Recipients Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Southern Illinois University, for the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $230,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL) Locations Carbondale, Illinois Recipients Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Southwest Rochelle Truck Loop
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,490 Sponsors Former Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) Locations Ogle, Illinois Recipients

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