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 VA $234,000 University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, for a telehealth project for southwest VA (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Boucher
2008 MA $619,000 Urban College of Boston, to support higher education programs serving minority students (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Kennedy, Kerry
2008 PA $87,000 Ryan Foundation, Wayne, for civic education programs (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 AK $195,000 Southeast Alaska Independent Living, Inc., Juneau, to continue a joint recreation and employment project with the Thingit-Haida Tribe (Rehab – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Stevens
2008 NV $5,200,000 Vehicle maintenance complex, Reno (Air National Guard) NBR S MILCON Reid, Ensign
2008 VA $1,176,000 Southside Bus Facility Replacement in Hampton Roads (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Scott Warner, Webb
2008 NY $490,000 Lincoln Center Corridor Redevelopment Project (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Nadler, Rangel, Towns Schumer, Clinton
2008 IL $98,000 For planning, construction, and design of a building at the Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD LaHood
2008 NJ $49,000 The Blairstown Historic Perservation Commission for renovation of a historic structure into an education center and museum (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Garrett
2008 MO $196,000 The Black World History Museum in St. Louis for faciity upgrades, renovation, construction and buildout (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Clay
2008 VA $1,969,800 I-95/Fairfax County Parkway Interchange at Newington Road (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR S THUD Webb
2008 TX $49,000 Downtown Improvement Program in Beaumont for redevelopment and enhancement to the streets (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Hutchison
2008 HI $1,528,800 Rural Bus Program for Hawaii, Maui and Kauai Counties (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Inouye
2008 WI $1,843,008 University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point Geographic Information System (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Federal Administration) NBR H AG Obey
2008 CA $737,799 Import inspection CA Dept of Food and Agriculture (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) NBR AG Costa Feinstein
2008 UT $1,117,125 Mormon cricket (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) NBR S AG Bennett
2008 IL $9,400 Evanston emergency response equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Schakowsky
2008 WV $540,500 Independent Verification and Validation Research Program (NASA) NBR H COM Mollohan
2008 TX $352,500 Dallas Prisoner Re-Entry Initiative (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Johnson (Eddie Bernice) Hutchison, Cornyn
2008 MI $94,000 First Step SAFE Program for Wayne County (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Dingell Levin (Carl), Stabenow
2008 CA $141,000 Escondido wireless modems for police vehicles (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Bilbray
2008 AL $211,500 City of Troy for mobile data terminals (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 FL $2,400,000 Foliage Penetrating Acoustically Cued Imagery Sensor (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Young (FL)
2008 $3,200,000 Advanced 3-D Locator (A3DL) Technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Sanchez, Loretta
2008 VA $800,000 Mobile ad hoc data communications for unmanned systems (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Moran (VA)
2008 $1,600,000 Electronic combat and counter terrorism training (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Kingston Shelby
2008 $3,200,000 Silver Fox and Manta UAS (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Franks, Giffords Kyl
2008 $800,000 National Warfighter Health Sustainment Study (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Capuano, Price (NC)
2008 MO $1,600,000 Agile software capability intervention (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Bond
2008 $3,500,000 Massively parallel optical interconnects for battlespace information exchange (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF Ensign, Reid
2008 $8,000,000 Peer reviewed strategic biodefense initiative (Operation and Maintenance – Army National Guard) NBR H DEF
2008 MS $295,200 Affordable, energy efficient, self help housing (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Pickering Cochran
2008 LA $984,000 Clean Power Energy Research Consortium – Nicholls State University (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR C ENERGY Jefferson Landrieu
2008 NY $738,000 Bronx River Basin (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Crowley; Lowey; Serrano Schumer; Clinton
2008 MS $1,968,000 Jackson State University for bioengineering research training (Department of Energy: Science) NBR S ENERGY Cochran
2008 NY $496,000 Moriches Inlet (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Clinton; Schumer
2008 TX $2,819,000 Grapevine Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AK $462,000 Cordova Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Stevens
2008 NH $150,000 Town of Pembroke (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS Paul Hodes
2008 WI $393,760 The City of Green Bay for Storm water facilities improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Kagen Kohl
2008 ID $196,880 Historic Wilson Theater, Rupert (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR S INT Craig
2008 NM $731,000 Rio Arribo County, Espanola, for facilities and equipment for the health comments (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Udall (NM) Tom Bingaman
2008 MT $390,000 St. Vincent Hospital, Billings, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Rehberg, Dennis Baucus, Tester
2008 CA $195,000 Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, Valencia, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS McKeon, Howard
2008 IL $195,000 Harvey Public School District 152, for an early literacy program, which may include equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Jackson (IL), Jesse
2008 TN $390,000 Hiwassee College, Madisonville, for a dental hygiene program, including curriculum development (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Duncan, John
2008 IA $146,000 Delta Dental of Iowa, Ankeny, for the dental loan repayment program (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Boswell, Leonard; Loebsack, David Harkin, Grassley
2008 UT $413,000 Weber State University, Ogden, for stipends and tuition assistance for faculty to pursue advanced nursing degree (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Bennett
2008 PA $87,000 Ohio Valley General Hospital, McKees Rocks, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Specter, Casey, Jr.
2008 VT $390,000 University of Vermont of Burlington, for digitization project (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Leahy

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