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 CO $292,000 Mercy Health Foundation, Durango, for facilities and equipment for a community health clinic (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS John Allard, Salazar
2008 MN $414,000 Hennepin County Human Services and Public Health Department, Minneapolis, for the Family Healing and Restoration Network Project (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Ellison, Keith Klobuchar
2008 KS $487,000 Kansas State University, for equipment for the Midwest Institute for Comparative Stem Cell Biology (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Boyda, Nancy Brownback
2008 MA $165,000 Wheaton College, Norton, support science center expansion (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Kennedy, Kerry
2008 MD $365,000 Northwest Hospital, Baltimore, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Mikulski
2008 MD $131,000 Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, Balt. to study the Center for Talented Youth Summer Program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Mikulski
2008 TN $1,120,000 Replace squadron operations & relocate security perimeter, McGhee-Tyson Airport (Air National Guard) NBR S MILCON Alexander, Corker
2008 CT $490,000 South Norwalk Intermodal Station (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Shays Lieberman
2008 MN $686,000 Cambridge-Isanti Bike/Walk Trail (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Oberstar
2008 WA $245,000 City of Bellingham for the construction of the Bellingham Marine Trades Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Larsen Murray, Cantwell
2008 NY $1,690,500 Hudson Valley Welcome Center, Hyde Park Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR THUD Gillibrand Schumer
2008 TN $490,000 Memphis Area Transit Authority (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Cohen
2008 NY $245,000 Little Neck Quiet Zone (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR H THUD Ackerman
2008 AK $2,572,500 Akutan Airport (Airport Improvement Program) NBR S THUD Stevens
2008 NV $735,000 Sunset (RTC) Maintenance Facility (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Reid
2008 PA $248,250 Agricultural entrepreneurial alternatives (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Peterson (PA) Casey, Specter
2008 IL $74,475 Urban Horticulture and Marketing (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Extension Activities) NBR AG Davis (IL), Jackson Durbin
2008 IL $1,489,500 Emerald ash borer (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) NBR S AG Durbin
2008 CA $94,000 Outward Bound Adventure Gang Intervention Program, Pasadena (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Schiff
2008 VA $188,000 Fairfax County gang prevention programs (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Moran
2008 OH $564,000 Eisenhower Foundation Re-Entry Project, Toledo (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Kaptur
2008 PA $47,000 Homestead Borough Police Department crimeprevention and assistance (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Doyle
2008 GA $47,000 Communities in Schools, Decatur County (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Bishop (Sanford) Chambliss
2008 NV $223,250 City of Reno for an interoperable network (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Reid
2008 FL $1,000,000 SCOUT Mk3 (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Young (FL)
2008 $1,000,000 Detecting Improvised Explosive Devices (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Schiff
2008 $1,600,000 MEDSTARS integration with Global Combat Support System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Moran (VA)
2008 GA $4,000,000 Air National Guard (ANG) Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) Savannah Combat Readiness Training Centers (CRTC) (Other Procurement – Air Force) NBR DEF Kingston, Marshall Chambliss, Isakson
2008 $1,600,000 Disruptive technology acceleration (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Frelinghuysen, Payne
2008 TX $1,000,000 Fort Hood digitization (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Carter, Edwards
2008 $1,600,000 Advanced multi-sensor ISR testbed (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Cochran
2008 MA $4,000,000 Boston University Photonic Center (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Kennedy
2008 $20,000,000 National Diabetes Model Program (Defense Health Program) NBR H DEF
2008 OH $393,600 Timberlake (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Pryce
2008 NC $196,800 Surf City and North Topsail Beach (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Jones, W.; McIntyre Dole; Burr
2008 AL $5,249,000 Millers Ferry Lock and Dam, William "Bill" Dannelly Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Davis, Artur Sessions; Shelby
2008 KS $984,000 Cloud County Community College Wind Turbine (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR S ENERGY Brownback
2008 NY $74,000 Hudson River Channel (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Clinton; Schumer
2008 TX $726,000 Joe Pool Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AR $8,634,000 Degray Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Lincoln; Pryor
2008 CA $90,000 Public Works Department of the City of Santa Cruz (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS Sam Farr
2008 NY $492,200 Monroe County Water Authority for the Southeast Service Area Reliability Improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Kuhl
2008 UT $246,100 Utah GIS—Roads Database (Bureau of Land Management – Management of Lands and Resources) NBR S INT Bennett
2008 NY $195,000 Chinese-American Planning Council, New York, for counseling, vocational training, job placement, and ESL services (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR H LABHHS Velazquez, Nydia
2008 AZ $146,000 Apache County Schools, St Johns, for a teacher training initiative (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Renzi, Rick
2008 MA $195,000 Middlesex Community College, Lowell, for facilities and equipment for the health education programs (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Meehan, Martin Kennedy, Kerry
2008 LA $97,000 Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, Baton Rouge, for additional C.A.R.E. Network screenings and program development (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Jindal, Bobby Vitter
2008 MI $146,000 Saint Mary's Health Care, Grand Rapids, for an electronic health records initiative, including equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Ehlers, Vernon
2008 KS $268,000 Pittsburg State University, for equipment for it's Kansas Technology Center (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Boyda (KS), Nancy
2008 PA $87,000 West Chester University, for technology infrastructure upgrades and acquisition (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Specter

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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