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 $245,000 Highway 118 Corridor study (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR H THUD Gallegly
2008 NY $166,600 Brooklyn Children's Museum in Brooklyn for renovation and construction (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Clarke, Weiner Schumer
2008 OH $656,600 Brent Spence Bridge study (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR S THUD Brown, Voinovich
2008 UT $19,600,000 Mid-Jordan Light Rail extension (New Starts/Fixed Guideway) NBR S THUD Bennett, Hatch
2008 WV $16,000,000 Corridor H. West Virginia (Appalachian Development Highway System) NBR S THUD Byrd
2008 WI $1,474,605 Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) NBR AG Obey Kohl
2008 Multi-State $1,235,292 Efficient Irrigation [NM, TX] (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Conaway,Edwards, Reyes, Rodriguez, Wilson (NM) Bingaman, Domenici, Hutchison, Cornyn
2008 WI $926,469 Johne's activities (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) NBR S AG Kohl
2008 MD $141,000 Towson University Forensic Chemistry Institute (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Sarbanes Cardin
2008 WV $94,000 Youth Services System, Inc. at-risk youth program, Wheeling (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Mollohan
2008 LA $446,500 Tulane University, New Orleans, for ongoing applied polymer technology research and development that links NASA with Louisiana's polymer industry and the State's academic polymer research programs (NASA) NBR COM Jefferson, Jindal, Melancon Landrieu, Vitter
2008 WA $1,198,500 Pierce County Sheriff's Office Automated Finger Imaging System (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Dicks, Smith (Adam) Cantwell
2008 AR $352,500 University of Arkansas Methamphetamine Education and Training Project (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Berry, Snyder, Boozman
2008 CO $178,600 City of Montrose to improve public safety communication technology (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Allard, Salazar (Ken)
2008 $2,400,000 Inertia Reel Restraint System Retrofit (Other Procurement – Air Force) NBR H DEF Young (FL)
2008 $1,600,000 Evaluating ELF signals in maritime environments (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Sali Craig, Crapo
2008 $1,000,000 All sources intelligence environment (Intelligence) NBR H DEF Moran (VA)
2008 $1,200,000 Cell-based sensors for chemical threats (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Kingston Isakson
2008 CT $800,000 Oxygen generator (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Frank, Murphy (CT) Lieberman
2008 $1,600,000 Advanced diagnostic and therapeutic digital technologies (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Capuano, Cummings, Towns Cardin, Mikulski
2008 $1,600,000 Improved chemical, biological, and radiological filters (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Warner, Webb
2008 $3,500,000 Robotic telesurgery in combat environments (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Hagel, Nelson (NE)
2008 $4,000,000 Additional Howitzers (Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicle Procurement – Army) NBR H DEF
2008 PA $1,666,000 East Branch Clarion River Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY Peterson, John
2008 IL $984,000 Chicago State University Research (Department of Energy: Science) NBR H ENERGY Jackson
2008 NY $98,400 Flushing Bay and Creek (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Crowley Schumer; Clinton
2008 NV $492,000 Nevada Cancer Institute in Las Vegas to support research of cellular antigens and nucleic acids (Department of Energy: Science) NBR S ENERGY Reid
2008 NY $1,063,000 Southern New York Flood Control Projects (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 VT $1,137,000 North Hartland Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AL $1,835,000 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway wildlife mitigation (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Cochran; Shelby
2008 WA $1,000,000 Washington Military Department (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS Norman Dicks
2008 CO $241,178 Chimney Rock Pueblo, Pagosa Springs (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR INT John Salazar Ken Salazar
2008 DE $246,100 Grand Opera House, Wilmington (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR S INT Biden, Carper
2008 CO $97,000 Jefferson County, Golden, for child abuse prevention and treatment programs (Child Abuse – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Udall (CO), Mark; Perlmutter, Ed Salazar
2008 MT $487,000 Benefis Healthcare, Great Falls, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR H LABHHS Rehberg, Dennis
2008 NC $243,000 Brunswick County, Bolivia, for facilities and equipment for a senior center (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR LABHHS McIntyre, Mike Dole, Burr
2008 IL $219,000 St. James Hosp. and Health Centers, Chicago Heights, for facilities and equip. for the Olympia Fields campus (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Jackson (IL), Jesse
2008 CA $536,000 San Antonio Hospital Foundation, Upland, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Dreier, David
2008 IA $268,000 Des Moines Area Community College, Arkeny, for workforce recruitment and training to address area skill shortages (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR LABHHS Boswell, Leonard; Grassley
2008 UT $48,000 Utah Valley State College, Orem, to expand nursing education (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Hatch
2008 IA $341,000 Iowa Policy Project for a study on temporary and contingent workers (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR S LABHHS Harkin
2008 IA $2,437,000 Iowa School Boards Foundation, Des Moines, for continuation and expansion of the Skills Iowa program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Harkin
2008 HI $30,200,000 Dry dock ship support services, Pearl Harbor (Navy) NBR S MILCON Inouye, Akaka
2008 VA $656,600 Newport News, Jefferson Park revitalization (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Scott Webb, Warner
2008 NY $220,500 Staten Island Transit Enhancements Plan-Phase II (Research [FTA]) NBR THUD Nadler Clinton, Schumer
2008 IL $245,000 Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD LaHood
2008 CA $490,000 Ventura County, Metrolink grade crossing improvements (Grade Crossings on Designated High Speed Rail Corridors) NBR H THUD Gallegly
2008 NY $980,000 Prospect and Gowanus Expressways ITS deployment (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Clarke Clinton, Schumer
2008 ME $367,500 Reconstruction of Bangor Street (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR S THUD Collins, Snowe
2008 CO $588,000 Wadsworth Interchange/State Highway 128 (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Allard, Salazar

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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