Earmarks

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Members of Congress use "earmarks" to provide federal funding to companies, projects, groups and organizations, often in their district. This app seeks to detail how the recipients of federal earmarks interact with the federal government through lobbying efforts and campaign contributions. Search users may now determine the degree to which people and political action committees associated with a specific company or organization have donated money to a congressman responsible for giving that company or organization an earmark. This dataset can be queried in a variety of ways, including by House and Senate members, by Bill, by Party, by State and others.
The current dataset provides detailed information on the number and value of earmarks members of Congress have requested during fiscal years 2008 and 2009.

Example Queries:
by bill&source=TaxPayers for Common Sense&requestedString=earmarks by bill Earmarks by Bill
Earmarks to California
Earmarks by State
Earmarks by Party
Obama Earmarks
Solo earmarks by Cochran
Last year Earmarks
Defense Earmarks
Murtha Earmarks
2009 Earmarks
2008 Earmarks
Earmarks by Republicans
Earmarks by Democrats
Earmarks requested by representative
Earmarks by Senator
Earmarks to New York
Earmarks to California where earmark amount > 2 millions

Top 10 earmark recipients for 2008
Compare earmarks of Clinton v/s Obama
Presidential Earmarks (Earmarks of the President)
President Solo earmarks by bill