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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Title Cost State Status Bill Chamber Year House Sponsors Senate Sponsors
Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, for facilities and equipment (HHS – HRSA Health Facilities and Services) $143,000 AZ LABHHS 2009 Pastor, Ed
Vernon Police Department for police in-car video recording systems Vernon (COPS – Law Enforcement Technology) $60,000 CT COM 2009 Courtney, Joe Lieberman
Readiness Center, Sumter (Army National Guard) $382,000 SC MILCON 2009 Clyburn
The Delaware State Police Department for preliminary engineering assessments before message switcher upgrades Dover (COPS – Law Enforcement Technology) $100,000 DE COM 2009 Castle, Michael N. Biden, Carper
Applied Agriculture and Environmental Research (Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service: Federal Administration) $693,000 CA AG 2009 Capps, Lois: Baca, Joe; Cardoza, Dennis A.: Doolittle, John T.; Thompson, Mike: Napolitano, Grace F.; Farr, Sam: Radanovich, George; Schiff, Adam B. Feinstein
Larose to Golden Meadow (Corps of Engineers: Construction) $857,000 LA ENERGY 2009 Melancon, Charlie Landrieu, Vitter
Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester, for educational and regional workforce development, which may include equipment (Education: Higher Education) $238,000 MA LABHHS 2009 McGovern, James P. Kennedy, Kerry
City of Malden Redevelopment Authority, Lead Water Pipe Replacement Program (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants – Water and Wastewater Infrastructure) $500,000 MA INT 2009 Markey, Edward J.; Olver, John W.
Water Use Reduction. Dawson (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) $657,000 GA AG 2009 Bishop, Sanford Chambliss
Center for Innovative Geospatial Technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) $10,000,000 CA DEF 2009 Lewis (CA)
Greater Hartford Integrated Mass Transit Planning Study, Hartford (FTA – Research) $475,000 CT THUD 2009 Larson
CHRISTUS St. Francis Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria, for a school dental hygiene program (HHS – HRSA Health Facilities and Services) $190,000 LA LABHHS 2009 Alexander, Rodney Landrieu, Vitter
Airworthiness and safety (FAA – Aviation Safety) $450,000 None THUD 2009
US Military Cancer Institute (Defense Health Program) $4,000,000 DC DEF 2009
Newton Memorial Hospital, Newton, for equipment (HHS – HRSA Health Facilities and Services) $190,000 NJ LABHHS 2009 Lautenberg, Menendez
Energetics S&T Workforce Development (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) $4,500,000 MD DEF 2009 Hoyer Cardin, Mikulski
Nashua Police Athletic League Youth Safe Haven Nashau (Juvenile Justice) $150,000 NH COM 2009 Hodes, Paul W. Gregg
Access to Healthcare Network, Reno, NV, to expand the Access to Healthcare Network into Northern NV rural counties (HHS – HRSA Health Facilities and Services) $571,000 NV LABHHS 2009 Reid
Reno/Sparks Intermodal Transportation Center Developments (Buses and Bus Facilities) $475,000 NV THUD 2009 Heller Reid, Ensign
Roberta's House, Baltimore, for mental health services for children and families (HHS – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) $285,000 MD LABHHS 2009 Mikulski, Cardin
National Center for Aviation Training for Technical Education and Training, Wichita. KS (Small Business Association) $475,000 KS FINSER 2009 Brownback
C-5 Taxiway Upgrade, Martinsburgh AB (Air National Guard) $850,000 WV MILCON 2009 Byrd
Human Neural Cell-Based Biosensor (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) $1,000,000 GA DEF 2009 Isakson
Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium, Portageville, for the Fatherhood First program (HHS – Child Abuse Prevention) $476,000 MO LABHHS 2009 Emerson, Jo Ann
SH 17l and FM 2231 Traffic Signal (Transportation, Community, and System Preservation) $118,750 TX THUD 2009 Edwards, Chet
Dauphin Island Sea lab for fish management Mobile (NOAA – Operations, Research and Facilities) $900,000 AL COM 2009 Shelby
Lithium Ion Battery Exchange Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) $2,400,000 None DEF 2009 Dent
Mason County Fiscal Court, Maysville for completion of construction of the Multi-Use Community Center (Economic Development Initiative) $95,000 KY THUD 2009 Davis, Geoff
Tallahassee Community College, Pat Thomas Law Enforcement Academy, Tallahassee (Byrne Discretionary Grants) $100,000 FL COM 2009 Crenshaw, Ander; Boyd, Allen Bill Nelson
Improvements on 1-90 from the Lawrence County Line to Exit 32 (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) $1,900,000 SD THUD 2009 Thune
St. Augustine Church, Austin (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) $150,000 NY INT 2009 Reid
Village of Massena for drinking and wastewater system line improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants – Water and Wastewater Infrastructure) $300,000 NY INT 2009 Schumer
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Milwaukee, to expand an early literacy program for children (Education: Elementary and Secondary Education) $285,000 WI LABHHS 2009 Kohl
North Charleston Regional Intermodal Transportation Center (Buses and Bus Facilities) $475,000 SC THUD 2009 Brown (SC)
Sustainable Engineered Materials from Renewable Sources (Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service: Special Research Grants) $485,000 VA AG 2009 Boucher, Rick; Goode, Jr., Virgil H. John Warner, Webb
Hagerstown Area Northeast By-Pass Project (Transportation, Community, and System Preservation) $95,000 MD THUD 2009 Bartlett
Blackhawk Foundation, Inc., Beaver Falls,for a physical education program at Blackhawk High School, which may include equipment (Education: Elementary and Secondary Education) $143,000 PA LABHHS 2009 Altmire, Jason
Kane Community Hospital, Kane, for reconstruction, renovation and equipment (HHS – HRSA Health Facilities and Services) $95,000 PA LABHHS 2009 Specter
University of Delaware, Newark, for the Delaware Biotechnology institute, including equipment (HHS – HRSA Health Facilities and Services) $190,000 DE LABHHS 2009 Carper, Biden
Texas Woman's University, Denton, for curriculum development and technology upgrades, including the purchase of equipment (Education: Higher Education) $143,000 TX LABHHS 2009 Hutchison
Providence Health Care System, Portland, for a multiple sclerosis registry (HHS – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) $190,000 OR LABHHS 2009 Smith, Wyden
Alternative fuel cell membranes for national energy independence (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) $951,500 MS ENERGY 2009 Cochran, Wicker
211 Maine, Inc., Portland, for a 211 telephone number enabling access to health and social services in the community (HHS – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) $190,000 ME LABHHS 2009 Snowe, Collins
Intelligence Training Program (Intelligence) $200,000 None DEF 2009 Rockefeller
Munitions Evaluation for Composite Electric Armor (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) $1,200,000 MN DEF 2009 Coleman
Policy Analyses for National Secure and Sustainable Food, Fiber, Forestry and Energy Program (Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service: Special Research Grants) $140,000 None AG 2009 Hutchison
City of Jackson for prevention programs for J at-risk teens Jackson (Juvenile Justice) $250,000 MS COM 2009 Cochran, Wicker
City of Farmington for wastewater infrastructure project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants – Water and Wastewater Infrastructure) $260,000 MS INT 2009 Cochran
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,for recruitment, placement and oversight of school-based mentoring programs (Education: Elementary and Secondary Education) $95,000 PA LABHHS 2009 Specter
Haverhill Police Department Public Safety Communications Upgrade Haverhill (COPS – Law Enforcement Technology) $200,000 MA COM 2009 Tsongas, Niki Kennedy, Kerry

Legend

Status ABR – Above president's budget request
NBR – No budget request by president
Bill AG – Agriculture
COM – Commerce
DEF – Defense
FINSER – Financial Services
FOROP – Foreign Operations
HS – Homeland Security
INT – Interior
LEG – Legislative
MILCON – Military Construction
THUD – Transportation/Housing and Urban Development
VAHUD – Veterans Affairs/Housing and Urban Development
Chamber C – Inserted in conference committee
H – Inserted in the House
S – Inserted in the Senate
HS – Inserted in the House and Senate