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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Maine

* 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. 223 Total Amount $213,344,000
All earmarks No. 239* Total Amount $311,746,000*
Earmark Details Year

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description NE Center for Invasive Plants, CT, ME, VT
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $295,000 Sponsors Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Former Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
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Locations Maine; Vermont Recipients University of Connecticut (Storrs); University of Vermont; University of Maine (Orono)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Offshore Wind Initiative (ME)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
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Locations Maine Recipients University of Maine (Orono)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Portland Regional Traffic Congestion Improvements, ME
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Locations Maine Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Potato Integrated Pest Management, ME
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $450,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
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Locations Maine; Orono, Maine Recipients University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Potato research, Oregon State University, University of Idaho, Washington State University, University of Maine
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $0 Sponsors Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)
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Locations Maine; Oregon; Washington Recipients Washington State University; Oregon State University; University of Idaho (Moscow); University of Maine (Orono)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge
(Interior)
Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors President *
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
Former Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
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Locations Maine Recipients U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Sustainable Production and Processing Research for Lowbush Specialty Crops, ME
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
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Locations Orono, Maine Recipients University of Maine (Orono)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Wood Utilization, AK, ID, LA, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, OR, TN, WV
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $4,841,000 Sponsors Former Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)
Former Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Former Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS)
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Locations Idaho; Louisiana; Maine; Michigan; Mississippi; North Carolina; Oregon; Tennessee; West Virginia; Duluth, Minnesota; Alaska Recipients Michigan State University; University of Alaska System; West Virginia University; Mississippi State University; University of Idaho (Moscow); University of Maine (Orono); North Carolina State University; Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge); University of Oregon; University of Minnesota Duluth; University of Tennessee Knoxville
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Woody Biomass Conversion to JP-8 Fuel
(Defense)
Amount $1,280,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
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Locations Maine Recipients University of Maine (Orono)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description American Lighthouse Foundation, for restoration and preservation of Maine's historic lighthouses
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $380,000 Sponsors Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) Locations Rockland, Maine Recipients American Lighthouse Foundation

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