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View earmark details Former Sen. Barack Obama (D-Illinois) - Earmarks Requested

Ran for Other Office • Alternate Name: Barack Hussein Obama II
All     Solo     With Other Members     
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     Number 8 Cost $3,324,520
With Other Members          Number 49 Cost $95,277,200
All Congressional                Number 57 Cost $98,601,720
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 58* Cost $106,473,720*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

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 Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Peer Reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program
(Defense)		 Amount $138,000,000 alert Sponsors Former Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Former Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
Former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
...more		 Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Peer Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program
(Defense)		 Amount $80,000,000 alert Sponsors Former Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Former Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE)
...more		 Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program
(Defense)		 Amount $50,000,000 alert Sponsors Former Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
Former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Former Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
...more		 Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Civic Education Program (Center for Civic Education and National Council on Economic Education) and a comprehensive program between the Center for Civic Education, Indiana University and NCSL to improve public education of the congress and state legislatures.
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $31,917,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Artur Genestre Davis (D-AL)
Former Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY)
...more		 Locations Unknown Location Recipients Indiana University System; Council for Economic Education; National Conference of State Legislatures
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Writing Project, a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes K-16 teacher training programs in the effective teaching of writing.
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $23,581,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY)
Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA)
...more		 Locations Berkeley, California Recipients National Writing Project
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rock Island Arsenal - Arsenal Support Program
(Defense)		 Amount $11,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Phil Hare (D-IL)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
...more		 Locations Rock Island, Illinois Recipients Rock Island Arsenal
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulf War Illness Peer Reviewed Research
(Defense)		 Amount $10,000,000 alert Sponsors Former Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Former Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
...more		 Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Peer Reviewed Ovarian Cancer Research Program
(Defense)		 Amount $10,000,000 alert Sponsors Former Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Former Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE)
...more		 Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Upper Miss River - Illinois WW System, IL, IA, MN, MO
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $8,856,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO)
Former Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-IA)
Former Rep. Kenny Hulshof (R-MO)
...more		 Locations Illinois; Minnesota; Missouri Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Second Barrier
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $7,872,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL)
Former Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Former Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL)
...more		 Locations Illinois Recipients

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