Earmarks: Maine

Here are the earmarks identified for Maine, which total $1,100,000. Check out the earmarks for your state and then call your congressman and ask if he or she sponsored any of your state's earmarks. If the answer is yes, ask why the congressman's name isn't on the earmark. If you recognize the institution designated to receive the earmarked tax dollars, call them and ask them what they intend to do with your money.

Then email us at info@examiner.com with the subject line "Earmarks" and tell us what you found out.

Amount City Description
$250,000 Portland Gulf of Maine Research Institute, for facilities and equipment for biomedical research
$250,000 Greenville Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital, for facilities and equipment
$150,000 Auburn Central Maine Community College, for a training program in precisions metalworking and machine tool technology
$150,000 Portland University of Southern Maine for facilities and equipment for nursing education
$150,000 Saco Sweetser for an electronic client system
$150,000 Augusta Maine Primary Care Association for an electronic medical record project

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