Looking at the web site of Taxpayers for Common Sense is a list in the Defense appropriation bill.
We published the list from the Commerce, Justice and Science bill yesterday.
Again, nothing I can see for McHenry County, but Republican 16th District Congressman Don Manzullo has his name on $5.5 million. I see none for 8th District Congresswoman Melissa Bean (D-Barrington). She had some in yesterday’s list, but Kane County’s Democrat, Bill Foster has some significant chunks.
The projects are listed alphabetically by the last name of the sponsoring United States Representative or Senator Dick Durbin, who sponsored some by himself.
You may be amazed at the number of projects sponsored by Peoria’s Ray LaHood. The Republican left office last month and is now President Barack Obama’s Secretary of Transportation.
OM, AF $800,000 Costello, Durbin – Advanced Ultrasonic Inspection of Aging Aircraft Structures
RDTE,A $4,400,000 Costello, LaHood, Durbin – High Explosive Air Burst (HEAB) 25mm Ammunition
RDTE, A $2,000,000 Davis, Durbin – Expansion and Development Upper and Lower Bionic Limbs
RDTE,AF $1,600,000 Davis – Advanced Thermal Control Coatings for Space Applications
RDTE,DW $2,400,000 Davis, et al – Defense Leadership and Technology Initiative
OM,ARNG $4,000,000 Durbin, etc. – Expandable Light Air Mobility Shelters (ELAMS) and Contingency Response Communications System (CRCS)
RDTE, A $2,000,000 Durbin – Burn and Shock Treatment Institute
RDTE, A $800,000 Durbin – Columbia College Chicago Construct Program
RDTE,A $4,600,000 Durbin – Small Business Infrared Material Manufacturing – Silicon Alternative Substrates
RDTE,A $4,000,000 Emanuel, Durbin , etc. – Next Generation Diesel Engine for Ground Engines
DHP $4,800,000 Foster, Davis and Durbin – Protein Therapy
RDTE,A $1,200,000 Foster, Durbin – Neutron/Hadron Particle Therapy
OM,A $5,000,000 Hare, Durbin etc. – Rock Island Arsenal, Building # 299 Root Removal and Replacement, Phase III
WTCV,A $4,200,000 Hare, Durbin, etc. – Arsenal Support Program Initiative, Rock Island – Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center
OM, DV $1,200,000 Jackson – Thorium/ Magnesium Excavation – Blue Island
RDTE, A $800,000 Jackson – Fuel Cells for Mobile Robotic Systems Project
RDTE,A $640,000 Johnson – Highly Reliable, Maintenance Free Remote Solar Power System
RDTE,A $800,000 Johnson, Durbin – Miniature Cooling Unit for Electronic Devices
RDTE,DW $800,000 Johnson – Integrated Signature Production and Exploitation
RDTE,N $800,000 Johnson, Durbin – Cross Domain Network Access System
DHP $800,000 LaHood – Pediatric Medication and Administration Product and Training
GP $5,000,000 LaHood – STEM Education Research Center
OM, ARNG $2,400,000 LaHood, Davis – Advanced Trauma Training Course for the Illinois Army National Guard
PA, AF $2,500,000 LaHood, Costello, etc. – PGU-14 API Armor Piercing Incendiary, 30mm Ammunition
RDTE, A $4,000,000 LaHood, Durbin – 302 Advanced Battery Technology
RDTE,AF $4,000,000 LaHood, Durbin – Scorpion Low Cost Helmet Mounted Cueing and Information Display System
RDTE,N $1,200,000 Lipinski, etc. – E-Beam Free Form Repair Qualification
RDTE,A $2,000,000 Manzullo, Hare, Durbin – Illinois Center for Defense Manufacturing
RDTE,AF $3,500,000 Manzullo, Durbin – Integrated Power for Aircraft Technologies (INPACT II)
RDTE, A $1,600,000 Rush, Durbin – Facilitating Use of Advanced Prosthetic Limb Technology
RDTE,A $2,000,000 Rush, Durbin – Modeling and Testing of Next Generation of Body Armor
RDTE,DW $1,200,000 Schakowsky – United Management Infrastructure System