Earmark Database

Since 1991, Citizens Against Government Waste has chronicled how lawmakers have spent hundreds of billions of dollars on pork-barrel spending through the process of congressional earmarking. CAGW’s Earmark Database collects almost 30 years of work identifying wasteful spending projects and makes the information available online in one searchable database for the very first time. The earmark database is a powerful tool for lawmakers, citizens, and researchers alike.
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FY State Cost Description Status Chamber Appropriation House Senate
2008 MA $735,000 MART bus and commuter facilities (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Olver
2008 CA $735,000 Sidewalk construction in Ashland/Cherryland (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Lee
2008 VA $245,000 Downtown Roanoke for infrastructure renovations for awnings of the historic market (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Goodlatte
2008 AL $98,000 To the Helen Keller Birthplace Foundation in Tuscumba for renovation of Ivy Green (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Cramer Shelby
2008 NJ $490,000 Rte 295/42/I-76, Direct Connection, Camden County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Andrews
2008 VA $1,969,800 US Route 1/SR 123 Interchange Improvements, Prince William County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Webb
2008 NY $764,400 Revitilization and redevelopment of the Hamlet of Brewerton (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Schumer, Clinton
2008 MT $324,711 Brucellosis Vaccine (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Rehberg Baucus, Tester
2008 TX $240,306 National Germplasm Resources, College Station (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG Edwards
2008 NV $365,424 Nevada arid rangelands initiative (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR S AG Reid
2008 NY $94,000 SFI anti-drug programs for at-risk youth, Bronx (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Serrano
2008 CO $188,000 Morgan County (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Musgrave
2008 MI $282,000 Saginaw Police Department Gunfire Detection System (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Kildee Levin (Carl), Stabenow
2008 IN $267,900 City of Terre Haute for communications equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Ellsworth Lugar, Bayh
2008 AR $535,800 Arkansas State Police, Little Rock, to investigate seize dismantle and direct the clean-up of meth labs (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Boozman, Snyder Lincoln, Pryor
2008 WA $446,500 Lower Elwha River Habitat Restoration Dam removal-restoration and mitigation, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe (NOAA) NBR S COM Murray
2008 FL $1,600,000 Expansion of mobile forensic labs and technical assistance and training support in Largo Florida (Procurement – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Young (FL)
2008 $1,600,000 MK-30 Mod2 Anti-Submarine Warfare Training System (Weapons Procurement – Navy) NBR DEF Shea Porter Gregg, Sununu, Kennedy
2008 PA $23,000,000 National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) (Intelligence) NBR H DEF Murtha
2008 IL $2,000,000 Secure wireless LAN, 183rd Fighter Wing (ILANG) (Other Procurement – Air Force) NBR DEF LaHood Durbin
2008 $3,200,000 AN/APN-241 Radar for ANG C-130 (Aircraft Procurement – Air Force) NBR DEF Gingrey, Hayes, Kingston, Marshall Biden, Carper
2008 SC $2,000,000 Clafin University Detection and Remediation Response to Biological and Chemical Weapons Project (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Clyburn
2008 $1,600,000 Wide-band gap semiconductor materials (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Levin, Stabenow
2008 MS $1,000,000 Patient medication administration and medical equipment tracking at Keesler Air Force Medical Center (Defense Health Program) NBR S DEF Cochran
2008 $3,200,000 Alternate Power Technology (APT) for missile defense (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Johnson, Thune
2008 TX $140,712 El Paso (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Reyes
2008 NY $323,736 Glen Cove Creek (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY King Schumer; Clinton
2008 MA $118,080 Woods Hole, Great Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Delahunt Kennedy; Kerry
2008 NM $1,968,000 Energy Surety Research Center at New Mexico Tech University (Department of Energy: Electric Delivery and Energy Reliability) NBR S ENERGY Domenici
2008 OK $977,000 Sardis Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Inhofe
2008 VA $10,270,000 John H. Kerr Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AR $5,360,000 Norfork Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 $5,374,000 Asia Foundation (International Commissions) NBR FOROP
2008 GA $98,440 Wesleyan College Historic District, Macon (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR H INT Marshall
2008 WV $1,830,984 Monongahela National Forest, Road Improvements (Forest Service – Construction) NBR S INT Byrd
2008 MN $121,000 Sheriffs Youth Program of Minnesota, Inver Grove Heights, for chemical dependency treatment services (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Walz (MN), Timothy Coleman
2008 MS $341,000 City of Oxford, for a substance abuse treatment program (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Roger Wicker
2008 NC $390,000 North Carolina Agricultural and Technical Univ., Greensboro, to reduce suspension rates of students in the Guilford Cnty Sch. Sys. (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Miller (NC), Brad; Watt, Melvin Dole, Burr
2008 PA $334,000 Bloomsburg Hospital, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR LABHHS Kanjorski, Paul Specter, Casey
2008 CA $78,000 East Palo Alto, to provide afterschool learning and enrichment activities (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Eshoo, Anna Boxer
2008 TX $97,000 Tarrant County Infant Mortality Task Force, Fort Worth, for education and outreach programs (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Burgess, Michael
2008 MN $248,000 Twin Cities Rise, Minneapolis, for job training initiatives (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR S LABHHS Klobuchar
2008 GA $180,000 Marcus Institute, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Chambliss, Isakson
2008 IA $292,000 Easter Seals Iowa, for construction and enhancement of a health care center (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Harkin
2008 OR $1,452,000 Armed forces reserve center/security forces facility, Klamath Falls (Army National Guard) NBR MILCON Blumenauer Smith, Gordon, Wyden
2008 PA $49,000 Meyersdale Community Center for rehabilitation (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Shuster
2008 MA $1,470,000 Route 116 and Bay Road Intersection and road improvements, Amherst (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Olver
2008 CA $490,000 AC Transit BRT Corridor-Alameda County (Small Starts) NBR H THUD Lee
2008 VA $98,000 Bassett Historical Center in Hendry County for expansion of a facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Goode
2008 CT $196,000 Town of Vernon, Amberbelle Historic Restoration Initiative, for exterior and interior upgrades to historic Amberbelle Mill (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Courtney Dodd, Lieberman

Legend

Status ABR – Above president's budget request
NBR – No budget request by president
Chamber C – Inserted in conference committee
H – Inserted in the House
S – Inserted in the Senate
HS – Inserted in the House and Senate
Appropriation AG – Agriculture
COM – Commerce
DEF – Defense
FINSER – Financial Services
FOROP – Foreign Operations
HS – Homeland Security
INT – Interior
LEG – Legislative
MILCON – Military Construction
THUD – Transportation/HUD
VAHUD – VA/HUD