Illinois Pork in the Commerce, Justice and Science Budgets

Taxpayers for Common Sense has scanned the earmarks and made them available.

The group found $7.7 billion.

I have tried to extract those sponsored by Illinois Congressman. Below are the ones I found in the Commerce, Justice and Science budgets.

Strangely, I found many for retired Congressman Ray LaHood. He is now Secretary of Transportation.

There were also some for “Mr. President” I did not include. After I got much to far down the slow to advance pages, it occurred to me that these may have been pork designated by then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama.

I found no earmarks for newly-appointed U.S. Senator Roland Burris or 16th Congressman Don Manzullo or 13th District Judy Biggert in this area of the budget.

The list below is in alphabetic order according to the last name of the congressman. If there was more than one sponsor, the earmark is listed in order of the first sponsor on the list. If out of state congress folks were the chief sponsor, only the Illinois sponsor is listed.

Justice $100,000 Bean – OJP Byrne Discretionary Funds, WINGS Program, Inc., Domestic Violence Program, Schaumburg, IL

Justice $300,000 Bean – OJP – Juvenile Justice, The Allendale Association’s At Risk Youth Therapeutic Services, Lake Villa, IL

Justice $100,000 Costello – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Brooklyn Police Department, Public Safety Technology Improvements, Brooklyn, IL

Justice $100,000 Costello – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Herrin Public Safety Project, Herrin, IL

Justice $600,000 Costello – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Williamson County Regional Next General 911 Equipment, Williamson County, IL

Justice $250,000 Durbin – OJP Byrne Discretionary Funds, Illinois Sheriff’s Association for Law Enforcement and Clean-Up of Meth Production and Abuse, Springfield, IL

Justice $100,000 Durbin – OJP Byrne Discretionary Funds, John A. Logan College to Expand Pilot Project That Electronically Tracks Purchases of Methamphetamine Precursors

NASA $300,000 Durbin – Cross Agency Support, Discovery Center Museum for Science Education for Rural and Under-served Children, Rockford, IL

Justice $300,000 Emanuel and Durbin – OJP Byrne Discretionary Funds, Uhlick Children UCAN Violence Prevention Program, Chicago, IL

Justice $1,200,000 Emanuel – OJP – Juvenile Justice, Chicago Public Schools Transitions Project, Chicago, IL

Justice $250,000 Foster – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Equipment for Elgin Police Department, Elgin, IL

Justice $400,000 Foster – OJP Byrne Discretionary Funds, Carpentersville Community Response Team, Carpentersville, IL

Justice $320,000 Hare – OJP Byrne Discretionary Funds, YWCA Canton and YWCA Sauk Valley, Women’s Economic Empowerment Initiative, Canton and Sterling, IL

Justice $180,000 Hare and Johnson – OJP – Juvenile Justice, Project Success of Decatur and Macon County, Truancy and School Success Program, Decatur, IL

Justice $515,000 LaHood – Cass County Sheriff, 9-1-1 Center Equipment Communications Upgrade, Virginia, IL

Justice $25,000 LaHood – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, City of Lincoln Police Department, Security Upgrades, Lincoln, IL

Justice $410,000 LaHood – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, East Peoria Technology Grant, East Peoria, IL

Justice $410,000 LaHood – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Logan County Sheriff 9-1-1 Equipment, Lincoln, IL

Justice $675,000 LaHood – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Peoria Police Department and Peoria Sheriff’s Department Radio and Technology Upgrades

Justice $175,000 LaHood – OJP Byrne Discretionary Funds, Jacksonville/Morgan County Underwater Search & Rescue Dive Team, Jacksonville, IL

NASA $250,000 LaHood – Cross Agency Support, Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Lakeview Museum Planetarium, Peoria, IL

Justice $300,000 Jackson – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, ECOM Dispatch Center Technology Upgrades, Homewood, IL

Justice $280,000 Jackson – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Southcom Combined Dispatch Center Technological Upgrades, Matteson, IL

Justice $200,000 Jackson – OJP Byrne Discretionary Funds, Safer Foundation Workforce Development & Criminal Justice Recidivism Rates Reduction, Chicago, IL

Justice $100,000 Jackson – OJP – Juvenile Justice, Chicago Urban League Juvenile Justice Youth Advocacy Program, Chicago, IL

Justice $100,000 Jackson and Durbin – OJP – Juvenile Justice, Richton Park for the Development of a Youth Intervention Program, Richton Park, IL

NASA $900,000 Jackson, Emanuel and Davis – Cross Agency Support, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Planetarium Equipment, Chicago, IL

Justice $200,000 Lipinski – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Cook County Independent Base Stations, Chicago, IL

Justice $100,000 Lipinski – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Chicago Ridge Police Department, Chicago Ridge, IL

Justice $100,000 Lipinski – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Forest Park Police Department, Forest Park, IL

Justice $100,000 Lipinski – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Justice Police Department, Justice, IL

Justice $200,000 Roskam – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, DuPage County Sheriff’s Department, Interoperable Radios, Wheaton, IL

Justice $75,000 Roskam and Schakowsky – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Northern Illinois Police Alarm System Law Enforcement Technology Detection Equipment, Glencoe, IL

Justice $175,000 Roskam – OJP – Juvenile Justice, DuPage County Area Project (DuCAP) Providing Positive Choices for Youth Project, Glendale Heights, IL

Justice $200,000 Rush – OJP Byrne Discretionary Funds, Chicago Urban League’s Male Involvement Program, Chicago, IL

Justice $200,000 Rush – OJP – Juvenile Justice, Lyle for Kids, Inc., Chicago, IL

Justice $200,000 Rush – OJP – Juvenile Justice, The Link & Option Center, Markham, IL

Justice $25,000 Schakowsky – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Anti-Gang Initiative, Evanston, IL

Justice $100,000 Schakowsky – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Harwood Heights Police Department, Harwood Height, IL

Justice $100,000 Shakowsky – OJP Byrne Discretionary Funds, North Shore YWCA, Domestic Violence Services Program

Justice $125,000 Schakowsky – OJP – Juvenile Justice, East Maine School District 53 Educational Foundation, Total Learning Community, Niles, IL

Justice $155,000 Shimkus – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Jasper County Sheriff Communications Equipment, Newton, IL

Justice $49,000 Shimkus – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Jasper County Unit 1 School District Security Camera Equipment, Newton, IL

Justice $16,000 Shimkus – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Marion County Sheriff Digit Fingerprint Machine, Marion County, IL

Justice $280,000 Shimkus – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Shelby County Communications Equipment, Shelbyville, IL

Justice $300,000 Weller and Durbin – COPS Law Enforcement Technology, Will County for Integrated Criminal Justice and Information Systems, Will County, IL

Justice $50,000 Weller – OJP Byrne Discretionary Funds, Guardian Angel Transitional Services, Joliet, IL

Justice $250,000 Weller and Durbin – OJP Byrne Discretionary Funds, Youth Service Bureau of Illinois Valley, Expanding Community Service Restitution Program, Ottawa, IL


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