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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 2009 Description City of Chicago Heights, Water and Sewer Improvements
(Interior)
Amount $280,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jesse Jackson (D-IL) Locations Chicago Heights, Illinois Recipients City of Chicago Heights, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Chicago, for Greenstreets
(Interior)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Locations Chicago, Illinois Recipients City of Chicago, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Evanston Anti-gang initiative
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $25,000 Sponsors Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) Locations Evanston, Illinois Recipients City of Evanston, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Freeport, for relocation of existing power lines to underground areas and for streetscaping
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $237,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Donald Manzullo (R-IL) Locations Freeport, Illinois Recipients City of Freeport, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Herrin, Public Safety Project
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jerry Costello (D-IL) Locations Herrin, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Kankakee, for the purchase, renovation, and conversion of houses that are in foreclosure, abandoned, or in disrepair to affordable use properties
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $237,500 Sponsors Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Locations Kankakee, Illinois Recipients City of Kankakee, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Lexington for wastewater treatment system improvements
(Interior)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Locations Lexington, Illinois Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Lincoln Police Department security upgrades
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $25,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL) Locations Lincoln, Illinois Recipients Lincoln (Ill.) Police Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Markham Community Center
(Energy and Water)
Amount $237,875 Sponsors Former Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) Locations Markham, Illinois Recipients City of Markham, Ill.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Springfield, Boys and Girls Club Edwin Watts Southwind Park
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $0 Sponsors Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Locations Springfield, Illinois Recipients City of Springfield, Ill.

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