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 TX $245,000 Martin Luther King Family Center in Dallas for renovation and construction of a family center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Johnson
2008 MN $53,900,000 NorthStar Commuter Rail (New Starts/Fixed Guideway) NBR THUD Ellison, Oberstar Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 FL $490,000 Sarasota County Area Transit bus acquisition (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Buchanan
2008 WA $245,000 YMCA of Tacoma-Pierce County, for facility construction (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Murray
2008 MA $196,000 City of Taunton, to make structual and facility repaires to a low-income senior center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Kennedy, Kerry
2008 OH $919,518 Income Enhancement Demonstration (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Extension Activities) NBR H AG Kaptur
2008 AR $233,355 Diet and Immune Function, Little Rock (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG Berry, Snyder
2008 TN $1,034,000 Oak Ridge Police Department (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Wamp Alexander (Lamar)
2008 MT $188,000 Montana State University (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Rehberg
2008 CA $329,000 Sacramento County Sheriff's Department computer aided dispatch replacement (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Matsui
2008 NY $94,000 City of Buffalo Youth Violence Prevention and Intervention Program (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Higgins Schumer
2008 IL $446,500 Union County Sheriff's Department (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Costello
2008 AL $940,000 Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, for the development of laboratory-based test methods and test standards for coupon and component level characterization (NASA) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 SD $446,500 Rosebud Sioux Tribe Criminal Justice System for law enforcement court and detention equipment and operations (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Johnson (Tim) SD, Thune
2008 $800,000 Soldier Fuel Cell System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Visclosky Bayh
2008 $1,000,000 Remote video weapon sight, USSOCOM Phase III (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Radanovich
2008 $3,000,000 Advanced lower limb prosthesis for battlefield amputees (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF McGovern, Markey, Meehan Kennedy, Kerry
2008 $1,000,000 Leishmaniasis skin test antigen (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Hunter
2008 CA $2,400,000 Sierra Army Depot Cryofracture/Plasma Arc Transportation System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Doolittle
2008 $2,000,000 McAlester AAP bomb line modernization (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR H DEF Boren
2008 WA $1,600,000 Online Technology Training Program at Ft. Lewis (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR C DEF Murray
2008 $5,000,000 Hydrogen Storage Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Levin
2008 IN $393,600 Lake Michigan Waterfront (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR C ENERGY Visclosky
2008 KS $227,304 Upper Turkey Creek (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Moore, Dennis Brownback
2008 CA $98,400 Coast of California, Los Angeles County (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR H ENERGY Harman; Waxman
2008 FL $132,840 Tampa Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Buchanan; Castor Martinez
2008 RI $98,400 Rhode Island Ecosystem Restoration Study (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Reed; Whitehouse
2008 MA $640,000 Westville Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 CA $107,256 Coyote Dam (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Feinstein
2008 MI $250,000 Wayne County Department of Public Services to develop technologies to support small business (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER McCotter
2008 NY $3,100,000 Consolidate Sector Buffalo (Coast Guard Acquisition, Construction, and Improvements) NBR C HS Brian Higgins
2008 NE $590,640 The City of Lincoln for wastewater treatment facilities upgrade project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Fortenberry Hagel, Ben Nelson
2008 CA $964,712 California National Parks (National Park Service – Construction) NBR S INT Feinstein
2008 NJ $185,000 Jewish Renaissance Medical Center, for construction renovation and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Sires, Albio Menendez, Lautenberg
2008 CO $341,000 Community College of Aurora, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Perlmutter, Ed
2008 NY $219,000 Historic Hudson Valley, Tarrytown, for education programs at Philipsburg Manor (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Lowey, Nita
2008 SD $146,000 Youth and Family Services, Rapid City, for the Health Connections Program (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Herseth, Sandlin, Stephanie Johnson, Thune
2008 MD $731,000 Saint Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Cummings, Elijah Mikulski, Cardin
2008 MN $341,000 Northland Medical Center, Princeton, for purchase of equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Bachman, Michele
2008 UT $82,000 University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, for the Health Science LEAP Program. (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Hatch
2008 MI $204,000 Northeast Guidance Center, Detroit, for the Family Life Center Project (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Levin, Stabenow
2008 UT $75,000 Middle Eastern texts initiative at Brigham Young University (Library of Congress: Salaries and Expenses) NBR S LEG Bennett
2008 CA $490,000 Venice/Robertson Multi-Modal Station (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Watson
2008 NY $147,000 Amherst Youth Foundation in Amherst for renovations to the Independent Health Youth and Family Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Reynolds
2008 FL $490,000 7th Avenue Transit Hub (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Meek Martinez
2008 NY $196,000 Village of Wappingers Falls for land acquisition as part of a redevelopment plan (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD John Hall
2008 MN $10,192,000 Central Corridor Light Rail, Ramsey County (New Starts/Fixed Guideway) NBR THUD Ellison, McCollum Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 FL $490,000 Jacksonville transporation, Auth., Bus and Bus Facilities (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Brown, Crenshaw
2008 WI $196,000 Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, Convent Hill green roof for an affordable housing high-rise for low-income seniors (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Kohl
2008 PA $1,313,200 Northwest New Jersey/Northeast Pennsylvania Commuter Rail Service (Alternatives Analysis) NBR S THUD Casey, Specter

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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