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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 2008 Description Emerald Ash Borer
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,490,000 Sponsors Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Locations Illinois Recipients Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description North Lake Shore Drive Rehabilitation, IL
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,425,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) Locations Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Lake Land College Energy Efficient Buildings (IL)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,332,100 Sponsors Former Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL) Locations Illinois Recipients Lake Land College (Mattoon, Ill.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Grand Avenue Underpass
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,313,200 Sponsors Former Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Pace Chicago Paratransit Vehicles, IL
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,300,000 Sponsors Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
Former Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL)
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL)
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Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients City of Chicago, Ill.
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
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description DeKalb/Taylor Municipal Airport, Various Improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,235,000 Sponsors Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Illinois Recipients DeKalb (Ill.) Taylor Municipal Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lincoln/Belmont/Ashland Streetscape Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,225,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Milwaukee Avenue Reconstruction Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,225,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL) Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Thorium/Magnesium Excavation - Blue Island
(Defense)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL) Locations Blue Island, Illinois Recipients Chicago Magnesium Casting Co.

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