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 $2,400,000 Enhanced medical situational awareness (Defense Health Program) NBR S DEF Kohl
2008 $50,000,000 LPD-17 [AP-CY] (Shipbuilding and Conversion) NBR C DEF
2008 FL $5,497,000 Canaveral Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Weldon Martinez
2008 Multi-State $4,028,000 Duluth-Superior Harbor [MN, WI] (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY Obey
2008 HI $205,656 Waianae Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Hirono Inouye
2008 CA $799,008 Matilija Dam (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Capps; Gallegly Feinstein; Boxer
2008 DE $2,656,800 Delaware Coast from Cape Helopen to Fenwick Island, Rehoboth Beach to Dewey Beach (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR S ENERGY Biden; Carper
2008 OR $1,522,000 Green Peter – Foster Lakes (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 WV $1,143,000 Beech Fork Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 MT $200,000 Montana State University's manufacturing extension center (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Rehberg
2008 KY $1,350,000 Town of Martin (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS Harold Rogers
2008 CA $196,880 Urban Forestry Program, El Segundo (Forest Service – State and Private Forestry) NBR H INT Harman
2008 NM $393,760 The City of Belen for wastewater facility improvement project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Domenici, Bingaman
2008 OH $97,000 Columbus Children's Hospital, for a telehealth project (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Space, Zachary
2008 PA $128,000 Military Heritage Center Foundation, Carlisle, for the Voices of the Past Speak to the Future program, including purchase of equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Platts, Todd; Shuster, Bill Specter
2008 IL $146,000 Burpee Museum, for educational programming and exhibits (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Manzullo, Donald
2008 NH $195,000 Plymouth State University, for a collaborative research institute for sustainable rural economics (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Hodes, Paul Gregg
2008 VA $97,000 Inova Health System, for construction, renovation and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Davis, Tom Warner, Webb
2008 IL $146,000 Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, for exhibits and community outreach (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Bean, Melissa; Emanuel, Rahm
2008 KY $123,000 Owensboro Medical Center, for construction, renovation, and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Bunning
2008 MO $825,000 Missouri State University, Springfield, for program development and expansion, equipment and technology for the Distance Learning Project on the West Plains Campus (FIPSE) NBR S LABHHS Bond
2008 SD $97,000 University of South Dakota, Vermillion, for biomedical laboratory facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Johnson
2008 FL $490,000 I-95 Interchange, Boca Raton (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR H THUD Wexler
2008 NJ $245,000 Safety and drainage improvements on Route 46, Lodi (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR H THUD Rothman
2008 AZ $196,000 Mesa extension alternatives analysis (Alternatives Analysis) NBR THUD Mitchell Kyl
2008 OH $490,000 Put-in-Bay Ferry Terminal Improvements (Ferry Boats and Terminal Facilities) NBR H THUD Kaptur
2008 PA $294,000 Buhl Farm Trust in Sharon for building renovation (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD English
2008 UT $294,000 Riverton City for reconstruction of a historic building for a senior center and community center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Cannon Hatch
2008 MI $656,600 Saginaw Depot Preservation Corporation to restore the historic Potter Street storefronts and add street enhancements (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Levin, Stabenow
2008 MO $367,500 St. Louis Area Food Bank, Foodbank Warehouse Acquisition Project NBR S THUD Bond
2008 IA $486,570 Corn Rootworm, Ames (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Latham Harkin
2008 Multi-State $332,655 Grass Seed Cropping for Sustainable Agriculture [ID, OR, WA] (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Blumenauer, Dicks, Hooley, Larsen, Simpson, Wu Cantwell, Craig, Crapo, Murray, Smith (OR), Wyden
2008 NY $399,500 Ohel At-Risk Youth and Child Abuse Prevention, Brooklyn (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Weiner, McCarthy (Carolyn)
2008 AL $94,000 City of Talladega for anti-methamphetamine programs (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Rogers (Mike) AL Shelby
2008 CA $235,000 Court appointed special advocates, Los Angeles County (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM McKeon, Roybal Allard, Napolitano, Schiff, Solis, Waters, Watson
2008 PA $155,100 Steelton Police Defense and Enforcement Initiative (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Holden
2008 MD $399,500 Baltimore City Public School System Public School Safety Initiative (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Cummings, Ruppersberger
2008 ME $470,000 Community Counseling Center, Portland, trauma prevention and treatment for at-risk youth (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Allen Collins, Snowe
2008 CT $312,550 Town of Redding for equipment for a new regional Centralized Communications Center (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Dodd
2008 $2,400,000 RAINCOAT (Aircraft Procurement – Air Force) NBR DEF Walsh Domenici
2008 $1,000,000 Multilingual text mining platform for intelligence analysts (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF Reynolds Clinton, Schumer
2008 $1,600,000 Nanomanufacturing of multifunctional sensors (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Meehan Kennedy, Kerry
2008 IL $1,000,000 Miniature cooling unit for electronic devices (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Johnson (IL) Durbin
2008 $800,000 Rotor blade protection against sand and water erosion (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Edwards
2008 KS $500,000 Great Plains Joint Regional Training Center (Other Procurement – Air Force) NBR DEF Boyda Brownback
2008 $2,400,000 Dominant military operations on urbanized terrain viewer (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Kyl
2008 $70,000,000 Wounded warrior assistance (Defense Health Program) NBR DEF
2008 VT $1,476,000 Vermont Independent Colleges Zero-Energy Campaign (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Welch Leahy
2008 MN $984,000 Laurentian Energy Authority (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Oberstar Klobuchar
2008 HI $1,308,720 Port Allen, breakwater repair (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Hirono Inouye

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