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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 Armed Forces Reserve Center Building
(Military Construction)
Amount $49,200,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Mt Vernon Armory, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Asian long horned beetle in Illinois
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $351,000 Sponsors Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Locations Illinois Recipients City of Chicago, Ill.; Illinois Department of Natural Resources
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Aspire Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $634,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) Locations Wheaton, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Barat Education Foundation, Lake Forest, IL for the American Citizen Initiative pilot program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $383,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL) Locations Lake Forest, Illinois Recipients Barat Education Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Police Department Interoperable Communications Network
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $493,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Melissa Bean (D-IL) Locations Barrington-Inverness, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Berwyn Intermodal Transit Facility
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $392,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-IL) Locations Illinois Recipients City of Berwyn, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Biotechnology Research Development Corporation
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $2,666,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Peoria, Illinois Recipients Biotechnology Research and Development Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Bi-State Authority, Lawrenceville-Vincennes Airport, for construction of a new airport building for a public use area
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL) Locations Lawrenceville, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Black Ensemble Theater, For planning, design and construction of the theater
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $196,000 Sponsors Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients Black Ensemble Theater
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Bolingbrook Park District for construction of the LEED Platinum nature center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $147,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL) Locations Bolingbrook, Illinois Recipients Bolingbrook (Ill.) Park District

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