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 $196,000 Greater Southeast District Transit Facility (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Jackson Lee
2008 TX $294,000 City of Bellmead for facility construction, renovation and buildout (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Edwards
2008 IA $490,000 Scott Community College Campus Access Road, Davenport (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR THUD Braley Grassley
2008 KY $1,960,000 Murray-Calloway County Economic Development Corporation to construct an industrial park (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD McConnell
2008 AL $686,000 Alabama Senior Transportation Program (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Shelby
2008 OH $1,869,819 University of Toledo Greenhouse and Hydroponic Research Complex, Toledo (Agricultural Research Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR AG Kaptur Brown (OH), Voinovich
2008 MD $231,369 Chesapeake Bay Agroecology (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Bartlett, Cummings, Gilchrest, Hoyer, Sarbanes, Van Hollen, Wynn Cardin, Mikulski
2008 IN $817,800 Meteorological equipment at Valparaiso University (NOAA) NBR COM Visclosky Lugar, Bayh
2008 NY $178,600 Mother Cabrini High School, New York, for an after school program for at-risk youth (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Rangel Schumer, Clinton
2008 GA $61,100 Wilkinson County Sheriff's Department equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Marshall
2008 NC $940,000 City of Charlotte Gang of One Initiative (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Hayes Dole
2008 MI $376,000 Truancy Reduction Initiative, Wayne County (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Conyers Levin (Carl), Stabenow
2008 UT $376,000 Utah State University Research Foundation, Logan, to develop a modern infrared calibration capability for current and future remote sensing instruments (NASA) NBR S COM Bennett
2008 MD $4,465,000 National Crime Victims Law Institute (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Mikulski, Cardin, Kyl
2008 $5,000,000 Support for Naval ship hydrodynamic facilities (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Van Hollen Cardin, Mikulski
2008 $2,400,000 High-Frequency, High-Power Electronic and Optoelectronic Devices on Aluminum Nitride (AIN) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Price (NC) Burr, Dole
2008 $1,000,000 Knowledge Driven Manufacturing System (KDMS) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF McCollum Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 $2,400,000 Energetics Technology Center/Energetics S&T Workforce (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Hoyer Cardin, Mikulski
2008 $2,000,000 University-based automotive research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Dingell Levin, Stabenow
2008 $3,920,000 Advanced lithium-carbon monoflouride combat portable batteries (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Blunt
2008 $2,000,000 3D woven ballistic materials for Future Combat System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Reed, Whitehouse
2008 $4,800,000 Autonomous Maritime Navigation Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR S DEF Byrd
2008 MD $1,476,000 Germantown Biotechnology Project (Department of Energy: Science) NBR ENERGY Van Hollen; Wynn Mikulski; Cardin
2008 CA $561,864 Lower Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Miller, G., Tauscher
2008 NY $98,400 First Responder Green House (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR H ENERGY Hall, J.
2008 IA $98,400 Cedar River (Time Check Area), Cedar Rapids (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Braley Harkin; Grassley
2008 Multi-State $374,904 Lower Snake River fish & wildlife compensation, WA, OR (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR S ENERGY
2008 NM $2,035,000 Jemez Canyon Dam (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Bingaman; Domenici
2008 NM $492,000 Espanola Valley Rio Grande and Tribs (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Domenici; Bingaman
2008 MI $282,000 Macomb County Department of Planning and Economic Development, Macomb County Business Accelerator (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Levin
2008 WV $39,700,000 Advanced Training Center (Customs and Border Protection Construction) NBR S HS Byrd, Robert
2008 MN $295,320 The City of Minneapolis for combined sewer overflow improvements NBR INT Ellison Klobuchar
2008 AK $1,968,800 Kenai Fjords National Park (National Park Service – Construction) NBR S INT Stevens
2008 ID $7,500,000 Special Olympics 2009 World Winter Games (Special Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Simpson, Michael Craig
2008 CA $243,000 Jumpstart for Young Children, San Francisco, for an early childhood enhancement project (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Pelosi, Nancy
2008 IA $2,193,000 University of Iowa, Iowa City, for a public health research and education building (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Loebsack, David Harkin, Grassley
2008 NV $390,000 State of Nevada Department of Education for technology upgrades in the Elko, Nye, Douglas, Lyon and Churchill school districts (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Heller, Dean
2008 TX $195,000 Mercy Ministries Health Center, Laredo, for a mobile health unit (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Cuellar, Henry
2008 PA $365,000 Alle-Kiski Medical Center, Natrona Heights, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR H LABHHS Altmire, Jason
2008 HI $780,000 University of Hawaii at Hilo, for an applied Rural Science Program and a clinical pharmacy training program (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Inouye
2008 VA $2,200,000 United Mine Workers of America for mine rescue team training activities (Mine Safety and Health Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Byrd, Specter
2008 NY $5,100,000 Upgrade base facilities, Hancock Field (Air National Guard) NBR C MILCON Walsh Clinton, Schumer
2008 MN $490,000 Highway 14 from Waseca to Owatonna (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR THUD Walz Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 AZ $735,000 Road from Hardrock to Pinon, (Navajo Reservation) Federal Lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR H THUD Renzi
2008 CA $735,000 Brentwood Boulevard/SR 4 improvements, Brentwood (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD McNerney
2008 TX $245,000 Houston Fire Museum in Houston for construction of an education center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Jackson Lee
2008 TX $245,000 City of Hearne for construction of a visitors center and museum for the WWII POW Camp (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Edwards
2008 IA $196,980 Homeward, Inc., Equity for Rural Iowa – Revolving Loan Equity Fund (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Braley Harkin, Grassley
2008 RI $196,000 Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence for building renovations (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Reed
2008 AK $367,500 Statewide bus and bus facilities enhancements (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Stevens, Murkowski

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