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 MS $250,000 Jackson County Board of Supervisors (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS Gene Taylor
2008 VA $295,320 The City of Lynchburg for sewer infrastructure improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Goode, Goodlatte Warner, Webb
2008 ND $196,880 The City of Washburn for water treatment plant improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Dorgan, Conrad
2008 IN $195,000 Grace College, Winona Lake, for technology upgrades (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Souder, Mark
2008 PA $146,000 Harrisburg Area Community College, for curriculum development (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Platts, Todd
2008 NY $170,000 New York Center for Children, for comprehensive support and services to abused children and their families (Child Abuse – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Maloney (NY), Carolyn
2008 NH $97,000 Nashua Adult Learning Center, for a Family Resource Center (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Hodes, Paul
2008 VA $195,000 Fairfax County Public Schools, Falls Church, for emergency medical services curriculum development (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Davis, Tom
2008 IL $390,000 McHenry County Community College, Woodstock, for employer-identified occupational training (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR H LABHHS Bean, Melissa
2008 GA $82,000 Spelman College, to recruit and increase graduation rates for African-American females (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Chambliss
2008 NE $97,000 Heartland Family Services, Inc., Omaha, for the Sarpy County Methamphetamine Treatment Program (Center for Substance Abuse Treatment – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Ben Nelson, Hagel
2008 NV $268,000 Huntridge Teen Cen. and Nev. Dntl Assoc., Las Vegas, to purch. equip. and coordinate care (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Reid
2008 GA $245,000 New interchange & road relocation, I-85 & CR 98 (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR THUD Westmoreland Chambliss
2008 NJ $196,000 City of Hackensack for improvements to Foschini Park (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Rothman
2008 CA $980,000 Ferry Maintenance Facility in Vallejo (Ferry Boats and Terminal Facilities) NBR H THUD Miller, George
2008 OH $735,000 Toledo Express Airport improvements (Airport Improvement Program) NBR H THUD Kaptur
2008 PA $98,000 Redevelopment Authority of the City of Corry for redevelopment of six buildings located on the west side of Center Street (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD English
2008 MI $294,000 Alma Dial-a-Ride (Gratiot County) (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Camp Levin, Stabenow
2008 UT $137,200 Provo City Downtown Parking Structure Project (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Hatch
2008 MS $196,000 Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation, Vicksburg, for the renovation of the Southern Cultural Heritage Center Auditorium (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Cochran
2008 IA $502,458 Midwest Poultry Consortium (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG LaHood, Latham, Peterson (MN) Grassley, Harkin, Klobuchar
2008 OR $148,950 Organic cropping (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Blumenauer, DeFazio, Hooley, Walden Smith (OR), Wyden
2008 NY $235,000 Project Intercept, Brooklyn (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Weiner Schumer
2008 KY $470,000 Aquatic Resources Environmental Initiative, Eastern Kentucky PRIDE – PAC (NOAA) NBR H COM Rogers (Hal)
2008 NC $399,500 Castle Hayne VisionAIR Data Integration Network (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM McIntyre
2008 PA $23,500 Hamburg Area School District Safety and Security Project (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Holden
2008 MD $267,900 Baltimore School for the Arts for the TWIGS (To Work in Gaining Skills) program for arts programs for at-risk youth (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Cummings Mikulski
2008 LA $1,518,100 Coastal Restoration and Enhancement through Science and Technology—CREST advances in science and technology in restoration programs, Louisiana State University (NOAA) NBR COM Alexander (Rodney), Jindal Landrieu, Vitter
2008 RI $89,300 Town of Johnston to purchase communications equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Reed, Whitehouse
2008 $1,000,000 Special Operations Forces Tele-Training Systems (SOFTS) (Operation and Maintenance – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Walsh
2008 $1,600,000 Cognitive air defense simulators (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR DEF Reyes Bingaman, Cornyn
2008 NY $1,600,000 NanoSensor StageGate Accelerator (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR H DEF McNulty
2008 $1,000,000 Integrated composite mounting hardware (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Johnson (GA)
2008 $1,000,000 Carbon nanotube chemical detector (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Edwards
2008 KS $320,000 Great Plains Joint Regional Training Center safety equipment (Other Procurement – Air Force) NBR H DEF Boyda
2008 $2,400,000 Cogeneration for enhanced cooling and heating of advanced tactical vehicles (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Kohl
2008 $110,840,000 Efficiency wedge (Defense Health Program) NBR S DEF
2008 NC $984,000 Bennett College Science and Technology Facility (Department of Energy: Science) NBR ENERGY Watt Dole
2008 MN $935,784 Mille Lacs (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Oberstar Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 HI $192,864 Nawiliwili Harbor modification, Kauai (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Hirono Inouye; Akaka
2008 CA $134,808 Carpinteria Shoreline Study (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Capps Feinstein
2008 DE $234,192 Delaware Bay Coastline, Broadkill Beach (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR S ENERGY Biden; Carper
2008 Multi-State $14,040,000 Bonneville Lock and Dam [OR, WA] (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 Multi-State $246,000 Tahoe regional planning, CA and NV (Sec. 503) (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Reid; Ensign
2008 OH $400,000 Ready to Work project in Ohio (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Regula
2008 MO $150,000 City of Belton (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS Emanuel Cleaver
2008 VA $492,200 Henry County, Henry County Public Service Authority for Water Infrastructure Improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Goode
2008 MS $295,320 The City of Brookhaven for water and wastewater improvements project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Lott
2008 IN $146,000 Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, for the Insitute of Training in Addiction Studies (Center for Mental Health Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Souder, Mark Bayh, Lugar
2008 PA $97,000 Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, for the teenline suicide prevention program (Center for Mental Health Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Platts, Todd

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