Who Brings Home the Pork from Washington?
With the release of the 2010 Capital Bill Piglet Book highlighting wasteful spending by the state, I was curious to see what kind of wasteful spending was taking place at the federal level on behalf of Illinois.
This information was gathered from the Citizens Against Government Waste Pork Database and includes their sponsored earmarks for the 2010 fiscal year.
| Senators |
Earmarks FY 2010 |
| Dick Durbin |
$96,010,300 |
| Roland Burris |
$42,494,000 |
| Congressmen | |
| Jesse Jackson Jr. |
$40,416,000 |
| Phil Hare |
$28,734,000 |
| Danny Davis |
$18,676,000 |
| Debbie Halvorson |
$16,680,000 |
| Melissa Bean |
$13,895,000 |
| Luis Gutierrez |
$13,285,000 |
| Mike Quigley |
$12,694,000 |
| Aaron Schock |
$12,111,000 |
| Jerry Costello |
$11,945,000 |
| Peter Roskam |
$10,450,500 |
| Judy Biggert |
$10,750,000 |
| Dan Lipinski |
$9,884,000 |
| Tim Johnson |
$9,006,000 |
| Don Manzullo |
$7,930,000 |
| Bill Foster |
$7,085,000 |
| John Shimkus |
$6,813,000 |
| Bobby Rush |
$5,450,000 |
| Jan Schakowsky |
$4,775,000 |
| Mark Kirk |
$0 |
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