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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) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Expansion and Development of Bionic Limbs for U.S. Military Personnel
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Modeling and Testing of Next Generation Body Armor
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients Illinois Institute of Technology; U.S. Army Research Laboratory
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description MEMS Sensors for Real-Time Sensing of Weaponized Pathogens
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)
Former Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL)
Locations Romeoville, Illinois Recipients Advanced Diamond Technologies Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Advanced Trauma Training Course for the Illinois National Guard
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL)
Former Sen. Roland Wallace Burris (D-IL)
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Locations Illinois Recipients Illinois National Guard
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge - Devil's Kitchen Dam, phase 2 (cc)
(Interior)
Amount $1,969,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Railway-Highway Grade Crossing Mitigation, Northeastern IL
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,948,000 Sponsors Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Passenger Rail Corridor CREATE Projects, Chicago, IL
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,900,000 Sponsors Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,870,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) Locations Peoria, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Ohio River Basin Comprehensive Study, WV, KY, OH, PA, IL, IN, VA, AL, TN, NY, MD, NC, MS & GA
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,793,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY)
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Locations Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; Maryland; Mississippi; North Carolina; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Kaskaskia River Navigation, IL
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,766,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL) Locations Illinois Recipients

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