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 DC $1,644,408 USNA Germplasm/Omamental Horticulture, Washington (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG Hoyer
2008 LA $3,716,799 Formosan Subterranean Termite, New Orleans (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Alexander (LA), Baker Vitter
2008 MA $223,250 Massachusetts Sheriffs Association, Norfolk County, for an information-sharing network (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Tierney Kerry, Kennedy (Edward)
2008 CA $267,900 City of Fresno for in-vehicle video camera units and mobile data terminals (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Radanovich Feinstein
2008 FL $141,000 Indian River Community College Public Safety Communications Project (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Mahoney
2008 AZ $141,000 KidsPeace Arizona Foster Care & Family Services Program (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Grijalva
2008 MO $70,500 Hope House Children Services Program Independence (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Cleaver
2008 TX $282,000 Manned Space Flight Education Foundation, Houston, to bring extensive learning opportunities to teachers, students and youth organizations utilizing educational technology (NASA) NBR S COM Hutchison
2008 KS $235,000 Donnelly College Kansas City for inmate education (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Brownback
2008 KS $1,000,000 Contextual Arabic Blog and Slang Analysis Program (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Tiahrt, Udall (CO) Lott, Warner, Webb
2008 PA $1,600,000 F/A-18 Avionics Ground Support System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Peterson (PA) Casey, Specter
2008 $3,200,000 Digital Deployed Training Campus (DDTC) for the Air National Guard (Other Procurement – Air Force) NBR H DEF Maloney
2008 $3,200,000 Call for fire trainer for ARNG (Other Procurement – Army) NBR H DEF Holden
2008 $1,200,000 ASW training interoperability enterprise demonstration test bed (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Dicks
2008 GA $1,200,000 USMC logistics analysis and optimization (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Bishop (GA)
2008 $1,000,000 Alternative futures at the range complex level for the Southwest US (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Ensign
2008 $5,120,000 Applied Counterspace Technology (ACT) testbed (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Cochran
2008 OH $1,476,000 Holes Creek, West Carrollton (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Turner Voinovich; Brown
2008 CA $403,440 San Francisco Bay to Stockton (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY McNerney; Tauscher Feinstein
2008 MD $246,000 Chesapeake Bay Shoreline, Maryland Coastal Management (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Gilchrest; Hoyer Mikulski; Cardin
2008 VA $98,400 New River, Clayton Lake (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Boucher Warner; Webb
2008 VT $295,200 Wild Branch of Lamoille River (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR S ENERGY Leahy
2008 KY $1,700,000 Green River Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 GA $224,000 Savannah River below Augusta (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 DC $22,500 Sitar Arts Center, Arts for Teens Initiative (District of Columbia) NBR H FINSER Holmes Norton
2008 MD $689,080 Glen Echo Park, National Park Service (National Park Service – Construction) NBR INT Van Hollen, Wynn Mikulski, Cardin
2008 WA $984,400 Spartina Grass Eradication at Willapa Bay National Wildlife Refuge (United States Fish and Wildlife Service – Resource Management) NBR INT Dicks Murray, Cantwell
2008 CO $984,400 Idaho Springs for wastewater and drinking water project (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Allard
2008 NH $311,000 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Manchester, for training of nurses, physician assistants, and pharmacists (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR LABHHS Shea Porter, Carol Sununu
2008 NJ $243,000 Brookdale Community College, Lincroft, for a Student Success Center in Asbury Park, which may include equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Pallone, Frank Menendez, Lautenberg
2008 CA $243,000 County of San Bernardino, for exhibits and programming (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Lewis (CA), Jerry
2008 NC $146,000 All Kinds of Minds, Chapel Hill, for teacher training programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Hall (TX), Ralph
2008 CT $268,000 Norwich Public School System, for English language instruction (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Courtney, Joe
2008 NY $146,000 Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing, for a project to prov. youth with career planning and devel. in the performing arts industry (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Ackerman, Gary
2008 WI $165,000 Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, for construction, renovation, and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Kohl
2008 UT $206,000 Museum of Utah Art & History, Salt Lake City, to Improve technology and exhibit preparation (Institute of Museum and Library Services – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Bennett
2008 MD $12,200,000 Automotive technology evaluation facility, Aberdeen Proving Ground (Army) NBR MILCON Ruppersberger Cardin, Mikulski
2008 IN $294,000 Porter County for sidewalks and streetscape improvements in the South Haven community (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Visclosky
2008 WV $980,000 Route 10 upgrade from I-64 to Corridor G (Surface Transportation Prioriities) NBR H THUD Rahall
2008 WA $490,000 Asian Counseling and Referral Service, Seattle for construction of a new building (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD McDermott Murray, Cantwell
2008 MO $196,000 Rt. 47 and Warrior Ave., Warrenton (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Hulshof
2008 CA $735,000 Dorsey Drive Interchange in Grass Valley (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Doolittle
2008 VA $392,000 New River Valley Airport runway and taxiway rehabilitation (Airport Improvement Program) NBR H THUD Boucher
2008 OK $1,715,000 River Ferry Boat Transportation Program, City of Okalahoma City (Ferry Boats and Terminal Facilities) NBR S THUD Inhofe
2008 RI $196,980 North Kingstown, for Crossroads Rhode Island Child Care and Community Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Reed
2008 DC $473,661 Turfgrass Research, Washington (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG Hoyer
2008 LA $283,998 Best Management Practices and Master Farmer Special Research Grant with LSU (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR AG Alexander (LA), Baker Landrieu, Vitter
2008 MA $235,000 Essex County Sheriff's Office information sharing (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Tierney Kerry, Kennedy (Edward)
2008 FL $940,000 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reef fish monitoring and research (NOAA) NBR H COM Putnam
2008 FL $352,500 Florida Gulf Coast University (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Mack

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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