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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Illinois College of Medicine, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $239,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) Locations Peoria, Illinois Recipients University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Upper Miss River - Illinois WW System, IL, IA, MN, MO
(Energy and Water)
Amount $8,856,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO)
Former Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
Former Rep. Kenny Hulshof (R-MO)
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Locations Illinois; Minnesota; Missouri Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Upper Miss RVR Comprehensive Plan, IL, IA, MO, MN & WI
(Energy and Water)
Amount $166,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL)
Former Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
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Locations Illinois; Minnesota; Missouri; Wisconsin Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Upper Mississippi River Restoration, IL, IA, MN, MO
(Energy and Water)
Amount $16,851,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL)
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
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Locations Illinois; Minnesota; Missouri Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Urban Horticulture and Marketing
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $74,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
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Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients City of Chicago, Ill.; Windy City Harvest
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.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Village of Dixmoor, IL, for build out of a community center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
Former Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL)
Locations Dixmoor, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Village of Riverdale for construction and renovation of the Pacesetter residential properties
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL) Locations Riverdale, Illinois Recipients Village of Riverdale, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Village of Sauget, for renovations at the Sauget Business Park
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $392,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL) Locations Sauget, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Waukegan Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,235,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) Locations Illinois Recipients

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