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 $2,200,000 Appalachian Council For training programs for Job Corps graduates authorized (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 SC $9,300,000 Base infrastructure, Shaw AFB (Air Force) NBR C MILCON Spratt
2008 OR $352,800 City of Medford, Santo Community Center Phase III, to create a gymnasium and large community classroom (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Walden Smith, Wyden
2008 MT $1,568,000 Montana Secondary 323 from Ekalaka to Alzada Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR THUD Rehberg Baucus
2008 CA $49,000 National Forest Recreation Association in Woodlake for construction of a National Mule and Packers Museum in Bishop (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD McKeon
2008 CA $245,000 West Vista Way widening (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Issa
2008 CA $245,000 La Canada Flintridge, I-210 soundwall (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR H THUD Dreier
2008 KS $294,000 City of Ottawa for land acquisition, renovation and construction of the Ottawa Industrial Park (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Boyda
2008 MD $196,000 Washington County Free Library, Boonsboro, for design and construction of new library branch (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Mikulski
2008 WY $1,715,000 Grand Teton National Park Pathways System Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR S THUD Barrasso
2008 MO $2,085,300 National Plant and Genetics Security Center, Columbia (Agricultural Research Service – Buildings and Facilities) NBR AG Hulshof Bond
2008 WA $500,472 Competitiveness of Agricultural Products (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Baird, Dicks, Hastings (WA), Larsen, Reichert, Smith (WA) Cantwell, Murray
2008 NY $94,000 North Brooklyn Development Corporation at-risk youth programs (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Velazquez
2008 MN $117,500 Bolder Options of Minneapolis (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR COM Ramstad, Ellison Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 MA $470,000 Woburn Police Department Radio Communications and Police Dispatch Center upgrade (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Markey
2008 IL $171,080 DeKalb County Drug Court (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Hastert
2008 NC $352,500 High Point (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Coble Dole
2008 NM $1,786,000 Flight Research Training Center, Roswell, for a program to detect, mitigate and recover from loss of control accidents in aircraft (NASA) NBR S COM Domenici, Bingaman
2008 AL $94,000 Alabama Center for Law and Civic Education, Birmingham, for law-related education (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 CO $1,600,000 Partnership in Innovative Preparation for Educators and Students (PIPES) and the Space Education Consortium (SEC) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF Udall (CO) Allard, Salazar
2008 ND $1,200,000 Durable hybrid coatings for aircraft systems (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF Pomeroy Conrad, Dorgan
2008 $1,000,000 Bone Marrow Failure Disorder research (Defense Health Program) NBR H DEF Matsui
2008 $1,200,000 Granular Chitosan clotting agent for anti-coagulated hypothermic blood (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Hooley Smith, Wyden
2008 $800,000 Agent-based expeditionary security system for anti-terrorism afloat (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Dicks, Davis (CA)
2008 $1,800,000 Small low cost reconnaissance spacecraft (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Bishop (UT)
2008 VA $800,000 Air Warrior (Aircraft Procurement – Army) NBR S DEF Warner, Webb
2008 $5,800,000 Electroconversion of energetic materials (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Enzi
2008 NM $1,063,000 Galisteo Dam (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Udall, Tom Bingaman; Domenici
2008 FL $181,056 St. Johns County (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Mica
2008 TN $492,000 High voltage transmission lines Phase II (Department of Energy: Electric Delivery and Energy Reliability) NBR H ENERGY Gordon
2008 KS $2,804,000 Clinton Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY Boyda
2008 DE $770,472 Oyster revitalization in the Delaware Bay (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR S ENERGY Biden; Carper
2008 MI $93,000 Channels in Lake St. Clair (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Levin; Stabenow
2008 MO $196,800 Missouri River Levee System, Units L455 & R460-471 (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR S ENERGY Bond
2008 DC $300,000 Southeastern University (District of Columbia) NBR H FINSER Knollenberg, Hoyer
2008 FL $492,200 St. Johns River Water Management District for Expansion of the Taylor Creek Reservoir (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Weldon Martinez
2008 PA $787,520 Three Rivers Wet Weather Demonstration Program for Continuation of the Wet Weather Demo Program (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Doyle Specter
2008 MI $295,320 Marquette Harbor Lighthouse, Marquette (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR S INT Carl Levin, Stabenow
2008 PA $97,000 Home Nursing Agency, Altoona, for telehealth servives, including purchase of equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Shuster, Bill
2008 NJ $619,000 East Orange General Hospital, East Orange, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Payne, Donald Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 GA $82,000 Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta, Atlanta, for a naturally occurring retirement community demo. project (Administration on Aging – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Lewis (GA), John Chambliss
2008 NC $243,000 Fayetteville Technical Community College, for teacher training and professional development programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Hayes, Robin
2008 FL $243,000 University of North Florida, Jacksonville, for the Virtual School Readiness Incubator (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Crenshaw, Ander
2008 LA $390,000 University of Louisiana at Monroe, for technology upgrades at the College of Pharmacy (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Alexander, Rodney Landrieu, Vitter
2008 FL $165,000 Best Buddies, Miami, to develop a Nevada site for Best Buddies (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Reid
2008 IA $1,500,000 Working for America Institute for union-based and labor management training programs authorized under the Workforce Investment Act (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR S LABHHS Harkin
2008 WA $152,000 Readiness center, Tacoma (Army National Guard) NBR C MILCON Smith, Adam, Dicks
2008 OR $49,000 City of Hermiston for construction of a learning center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Walden Smith, Wyden
2008 MT $196,000 Rocky Mountain Development Council in Helena for construction of the Eagle Manor III project (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Rehberg
2008 NC $147,000 African American Cultural Center in Lumberton for renovation and buildout of the facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD McIntyre

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