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 CA $195,000 Watts Labor Community Action Committee, Los Angeles, for job training and placement in demand industries (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR C LABHHS Richardson, Laura
2008 ME $185,000 Maine Primary Care Association, Augusta, for health info. systems in community health centers (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Michaud, Michael
2008 OH $268,000 Univ. of Findlay Center for Public Health Preparedness, for training prog. on school safety and workplace violence avoidance (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Jordon, Jim Brown, Voinovich
2008 MO $195,000 Missouri Delta Medical Center, Sikeston, for purchase of equipment (Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Emerson, Jo Ann
2008 FL $146,000 Citrus County Board of County Commissioners, Inverness, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Brown Waite, Ginny
2008 MT $117,000 Shodair Children's Hospital, Helena, for project Cancer Genetics (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Baucus
2008 ME $97,000 Community Counseling Center, Portland, for the expansion of the Greater Portland Trauma Assistance Network (Center for Mental Health Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Collins, Snowe
2008 PA $87,000 Tyrone Hospital, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 GA $9,000,000 Troop dorms, Savannah Air National Guard (Air National Guard) NBR MILCON Barrow, Bishop, Kingston Chambliss, Isakson
2008 NC $735,000 NC 143 in Graham County Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR H THUD Shuler
2008 WI $980,000 Great Lakes Maritime Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Superior (Transportation Planning, Research, and Development) NBR H THUD Obey
2008 IA $490,000 Roger Snedden Drive grade separation, Boone (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Latham Grassley
2008 TX $4,900,000 VIA Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project, San Antonio (Small Starts) NBR H THUD Gonzalez, Rodriguez
2008 MI $196,000 City of Detroit for the revitalization of the Brush Park Historic District neighborhood (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Conyers, Kilpatrick Levin, Stabenow
2008 ME $490,000 Somerset Street extension, Portland (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Allen
2008 CT $1,313,200 Redevelopment of Front Street and Constitution Way in Hartford (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Lieberman
2008 FL $686,000 Miami-Dade Transit bus procurement plan (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Martinez, Nelson
2008 ND $262,152 Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center – Canada Thistle Research, Fargo (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Pomeroy Conrad, Dorgan
2008 WA $104,265 Perennial Wheat (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Dicks, Larsen Cantwell, Murray
2008 KY $559,059 New crop opportunities (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR S AG McConnell
2008 VA $291,400 STOP Organization, Norfolk (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Scott (Bobby)
2008 PA $235,000 Bucks County (Law Enforcement Interoperability (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Murphy (Patrick)
2008 RI $188,000 Aquidneck Island Westside Plan (NOAA) NBR H COM Kennedy (Patrick)
2008 TX $188,000 Johnson County Stop the Offender Program (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Edwards
2008 MO $940,000 Greene County (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Blunt
2008 WI $178,600 Kenosha County Sheriff's Department Kenosha for in car cameras (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Kohl
2008 $1,000,000 Warrior Wellness Program (Defense Health Program) NBR H DEF Young (FL)
2008 $800,000 Beneficial Infrastructure for Rotorcraft Risk Reduction Demonstrations (BIRRRD) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Sestak
2008 $1,600,000 Enhanced smart triple enjector rack (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Murphy, Patrick
2008 $2,400,000 Infotonics research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Kuhl Clinton, Schumer
2008 $800,000 Silver Fox UAS (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Giffords
2008 KY $2,000,000 University of Kentucky robotic surgery research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Chandler
2008 $1,600,000 F/A-18 tactical operational flight trainers fidelity upgrade (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Cornyn
2008 $4,000,000 Civil Support Team Trainer (CSTT) (Operation and Maintenance – Army Reserve National Guard) NBR S DEF Enzi
2008 $400,000 Mobile shear (Operation and Maintenance – Air Force) NBR S DEF Reid
2008 MT $9,840,000 Fort Peck Reservation/Dry Prairie Rural Water System (Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources) NBR ENERGY Rehberg Baucus; Tester
2008 OH $467,400 Huron Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY Kaptur
2008 GA $7,597,000 Buford Dam and Lake Sidney Lanier (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY Deal
2008 NV $738,000 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, solar cell nanotechnology (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR S ENERGY Reid
2008 Multi-State $22,871,000 Ohio River Locks and Dams [OH, PA, WV] (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 VA $176,000 Waterway on the coast of Virginia (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AR $405,000 Helena Harbor, Phillips County (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Lincoln; Pryor
2008 VA $400,000 Cumberland County Public Schools (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS Virgil Goode
2008 NY $98,440 Restoration of 1883 Lighthouse, Sleepy Hollow (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR H INT Lowey
2008 WI $2,264,120 Northern Wild Rivers (Forest Service – Forest Legacy) NBR S INT Kohl
2008 NY $243,000 Onondaga County Public Library, Syracuse, for technology upgrades (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Walsh (NY), James
2008 CA $136,000 Center for Working Families, Long Beach, for job training and placement in demand industries (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR C LABHHS Richardson, Laura
2008 ME $195,000 Central Maine Community College, Auburn, for a training program in precision metalworking and machine tool technology (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR LABHHS Michaud, Michael Collins, Snowe
2008 OH $438,000 St. Vincent's Charity Hospital, Cleveland, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Jones (OH), Stephanie; Regula, Ralph Voinovich
2008 MO $195,000 Missouri State University-West Plains, for the Academic Support Center (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Emerson, Jo Ann

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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