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 PA $1,328,634 Geographic information System (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Kanjorski Casey, Specter
2008 MO $299,886 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 $658,000 Lake County Sheriff's Office technology (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Visclosky Lugar, Bayh
2008 NY $47,000 Mother Cabrini High School POWER Program New York (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Rangel Clinton, Schumer
2008 GA $61,100 Turner County Sheriff's Department equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Marshall
2008 NC $282,000 City of Charlotte for a gang prevention program (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Hayes Dole
2008 MI $493,500 Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries Wildwood Ranch Youth Programs (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Conyers Levin (Carl), Stabenow
2008 VT $1,700,000 University of Vermont, Burlington, for the UVM Center for Advanced Computing (NASA) NBR S COM Leahy
2008 NV $44,650 Carson and Rural Elderly (CARE), Carson City, for legal assistance to rural seniors (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Reid
2008 MD $4,800,000 Bethesda Hospitals Emergency Preparedness Partnership (Defense Health Program) NBR DEF Van Hollen Cardin
2008 NC $800,000 Extended-lifetime radioisotope batteries (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Price (NC)
2008 $6,800,000 Phalanx next generation (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF McCaul, Eshoo, Everett Bennett, Hatch, McConnell, Sessions
2008 $2,000,000 Age exploration model enhancement & vibration analysis/precision measurement integration (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Hoyer Mikulski
2008 $800,000 Single-mode optical connectors for advanced air vehicles (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF Dingell Levin, Stabenow
2008 $8,000,000 Command & Control Service Level Management (C2SLM) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Blunt
2008 $2,000,000 Internet observer and inner view threat mitigation tools – (Transferred from Senate General Provision 8182) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Bennett
2008 $4,800,000 Demonstrations, T&E of mini-sensors (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Conrad, Dorgan
2008 MD $128,904 Middle Potomac River – Greater Seneca/Muddy Branch (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Van Hollen; Wynn Mikulski; Cardin
2008 MI $393,600 Lapeer Regional Medical Center CT simulator (Department of Energy: Science) NBR H ENERGY Miller, C.
2008 Multi-State $935,784 Red River Basin chloride control, TX & OK (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Hall Inhofe
2008 PA $1,402,000 Schuylkill River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Brady, Robert Specter
2008 Multi-State $82,164,000 Columbia River fish mitigation, WA, OR & ID (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR S ENERGY Murray
2008 MI $2,596,000 Surveillance of Northern Boundary Waters (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 NY $107,256 Montauk Point (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Schumer; Clinton
2008 IA $250,000 Marshalltown Community College for a rural entrepreneurship incubator (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Latham
2008 WA $5,500,000 Intermodal Radiation Test Center (Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, Research, Development and Operations) NBR S HS Patty Murray
2008 TX $492,200 The City of Grandview for an Elevated Water Storage Tank (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Edwards
2008 NY $246,100 Seneca Knitting Mill, Seneca (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR S INT Clinton, Schumer
2008 ID $243,000 Discovery Center of Idaho, Boise, for a science center (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Simpson, Michael Crapo
2008 CA $243,000 Jewish Vocational and Career Counseling Services, San Fran., for a transition services project (Rehab – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Pelosi, Nancy
2008 IA $585,000 Iowa City Community School District, for an early literacy program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Loebsack , David Harkin, Grassley
2008 NY $390,000 St. Mary Regional Medical Center, Reno, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Heller, Dean
2008 WY $341,000 Vision Therapy Project, Casper, for a teaching training initiative (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Cubin, Barbara
2008 PA $97,000 Community College of Beaver County, Monaco, for equipment and technology (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Altmire, Jason Casey
2008 NY $487,000 Albany Medical Center, for the establishment of the Patient Safety Center (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR S LABHHS Clinton, Schumer
2008 $1,977,000 Close Up Fellowships Program Education Act (Innovation and Improvement – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Harkin, Craig, Lautenberg
2008 NM $711,000 SOF CV-22 simulation facility, Cannon AFB (Defense Wide) NBR C MILCON Udall
2008 MI $294,000 Albert Laa Transit Facility (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Walz
2008 AZ $98,000 Gila County Courthouse for renovation and use as a community center as part of the Historic Globe Main Street Program in Globe (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Renzi
2008 CA $490,000 County of San Joaquin for construction and buildout of the San Joaquin Agricultural Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD McNerney
2008 IL $392,000 Street improvements in Thorton (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR H THUD Jackson
2008 TX $588,000 Brazos Valley Transportation Management Center (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Edwards
2008 TX $294,000 The Woodlands Capital Cost of Contracting (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Brady
2008 MD $196,000 Jewish Foundation for Group Homes, Inc., Rockville, to acquire and renovate a single-family home into an Alternative Living facility for three adults with developmental disabilities NBR S THUD Mikulski
2008 ME $147,000 Holbrook Community Foundation in Harpswell for repair and renovation of Holbrook's Wharf (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Collins, Snowe
2008 NC $2,798,274 Swan Quarter Dike (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations) NBR H AG Jones (NC)
2008 GA $368,403 Cotton Insect Management and Tiber Quality (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Barrow, Bishop (GA), Gingrey, Kingston, Lewis (GA), Marshall Chambliss, Isakson
2008 IN $376,000 Northern Lake County Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Visclosky
2008 NY $47,000 Armory Foundation Delinquency Prevention Program, New York (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Rangel
2008 GA $159,800 Twiggs County Sheriff's Department equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Marshall

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