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 SD $390,000 Standing Rock Sioux Falls, Fort Yates, for a methamphetamine prevention program (Center for Substance Abuse Prevention – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Johnson
2008 CA $78,000 Lynwood, to expand the Afterschool Homework Assistance Program at the Lynwood Public Library (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Boxer
2008 FL $980,000 Albert Whitted Airport improvements (Airport Improvement Program) NBR H THUD Young (FL)
2008 MD $328,300 Irvine Urban Outreach Center, Baltimore County for an urban outreach center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Sarbanes Cardin
2008 CT $294,000 City of Waterbury for demolition of abandoned structures as part of a redevelopment plan (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Murphy (CT)
2008 FL $245,000 Construction of Riverside multi-use trailways, Parkland (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR H THUD Klein
2008 NE $490,000 Antelope Valley transportation improvements (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Fortenberry Nelson, Hagel
2008 DE $1,460,200 State of Delaware Turnpike Improvements Project (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR THUD Castle Biden, Carper
2008 NC $360,150 Clayton pedestrian grade separation, Johnston County (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR S THUD Burr
2008 NC $367,500 City of Wilson, Downtown Redevelopment Project (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Dole
2008 LA $1,184,649 Residue Management in Sugarcane (Sugarcane Research), Houma (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Melancon Landrieu, Vitter
2008 MA $97,314 Human Nutrition (Equipment), Boston (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG Capuano
2008 KY $1,222,000 University of Louisville for technology that assists trauma victims without immediate access to emergency medical care, including astronauts (NASA) NBR COM Yarmuth McConnell
2008 IL $305,500 The Beloved Community Family Services, Chicago (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Rush
2008 AZ $305,500 Mesa Police Department equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Mitchell
2008 WA $282,000 YWCA Children's Services, Seattle-King-Snohomish County (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Inslee
2008 CT $470,000 University of Connecticut Health Center, Breaking the Cycle of Behavioral Health Problems and Crime (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM DeLauro
2008 CA $70,500 Cypress Park Junior Artec Fire Fuels Program Los Angeles (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Becerra
2008 VA $267,900 County of Fairfax for law enforcement technology upgrades (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Warner, Webb
2008 $2,000,000 Development of a robust, mobile multispectral fingerprint capture device employing multispectral imaging technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Wilson, (NM) Bingaman, Domenici
2008 NJ $800,000 Garden State Cancer Center Vaccine Development Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Rothman, Pascrell Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 $800,000 Airborne Web Services (AWS) Spiral 5 (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Mollohan
2008 $2,800,000 Undersea Perimeter Security Integrated Defense Environment (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Kennedy Reed
2008 $800,000 Mobile Battery Shops (MBS) (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR H DEF Farr
2008 $1,400,000 Integrated lightweight electronics shelter (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Buyer
2008 $1,600,000 Integrated nanosensors for NBC threat detection (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Graham
2008 $9,000,000 B-1 Bomber 16 carry adapter (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF Thune, Johnson
2008 KY $147,600 Louisville Science Center (Department of Energy: Science) NBR H ENERGY Yarmuth
2008 NJ $3,388,000 Newark Bay, Hackensack and Passaic Rivers (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Payne Lautenberg; Menendez
2008 OR $155,000 Willamette River at Willamette Falls (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Hooley Smith; Wyden
2008 TN $196,800 Memphis (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY Cohen
2008 NM $7,318,500 Sandia Institute for Advanced Computing Algorithms for high performance computing and advanced algorithm development (Department of Energy: Science) NBR S ENERGY Domenici
2008 PA $584,000 York Indian Rock Dam (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 WV $3,472,000 Tygart Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 DC $100,000 Bright Beginnings, Inc. (District of Columbia) NBR FINSER Walsh Landrieu
2008 TX $1,000,000 City of Fort Worth (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS Kay Granger
2008 VA $49,220 Gadsby's Historic Site, Alexandria (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR H INT James Moran
2008 LA $393,760 The City of Hammond for water system upgrades (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Landrieu
2008 KS $195,000 Renwick Public School, Andale, for an educational technology initiative, including purchas of equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Tiahrt, Todd
2008 MI $195,000 Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis for a naturally occurring retirement community demo project (Administration on Aging – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Ramstad, Jim, Ellison, Keith Klobuchar
2008 MI $263,000 Madonna University, Livonia, for curriculum development for a disaster relief and recovery program (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS McCotter, Thaddeus Levin
2008 MD $146,000 International Rett Syndrome Association, Clinton, for education and awareness programs regarding Rett syndrome (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Hoyer, Steny
2008 MI $195,000 Oakwood Healthcare Sys Found., Dearborn, for facil. and equip. for the Western Wayne Family Health Center (HRSA – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Dingell, John Levin, Stabenow
2008 MO $585,000 City of Springfield, for the Ready to Learn Program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Blunt Bond
2008 AK $731,000 Alaska Native Medical Center, Anchorage, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR S LABHHS Stevens, Murkowski
2008 AK $390,000 Anchorage Dept. of Health and Social Services, for the Pathways to Sobriety Project in Anchorage, Alaska (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Stevens
2008 WA $877,000 Child Care Resource and Referral Network, Tacoma, for a child care quality initiative (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Murray
2008 FL $49,000 City Madeira Beach for renovation of John's Pass Village to enhance public use (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Young (FL)
2008 MD $9,800,000 MARC Commuter rail improvements and rolling stock (New Starts/Fixed Guideway) NBR THUD Sarbanes Cardin, Mikulski
2008 CT $245,000 Warner Theatre in Torrington for renovation, construction and buildout (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Murphy (CT)

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