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 $1,000,000 No beyond line of sight satcom datalink for senior scout (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF Hutchison
2008 $5,500,000 Joint Venture Education Program (General Provisions) NBR S DEF Inouye
2008 MA $492,000 Silicon based solid oxide fuel cell chip (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Tierney Kennedy; Kerry
2008 CA $128,904 San Joaquin River Basin (SJRB), Lower San Joaquin River (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY McNerney Feinstein
2008 MD $93,480 Twitch Cove and Big Thorofare River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Gilchrest Mikulski; Cardin
2008 AR $492,000 National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission (Department of Energy: Electric Delivery and Energy Reliability) NBR ENERGY Boozman Lincoln; Pryor
2008 VT $492,000 Burlington Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR S ENERGY Leahy
2008 Multi-State $196,000 Pearl River [LA; MS] (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 CT $917,000 Hop Brook Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 NY $282,000 Buffalo Niagara International Trade Foundation, World Trade Center Buffalo Niagara, Buffalo (Small Business Administration) NBR FINSER Higgins, Reynolds Schumer, Clinton
2008 NM $393,760 The Pueblo of San Felipe for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Tom Udall
2008 WA $246,100 Bremerton Public Library Restoration (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR H INT Dicks
2008 HI $738,300 Marianas Islands Population and Workforce Surveys (Insular Affairs – Assistance to Territories) NBR S INT Akaka, Domenici, Bingaman
2008 NH $146,000 New Hampshire Community Technical College-Manchester, for nursing and health education programs (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Shea Porter
2008 TX $234,000 Texas A&M University – Kingsville, for facilities and equipment for a research facility (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Ortiz, Solomon
2008 CA $243,000 Chez Panisse Foundation, Berkeley, for a school lunch initiative (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Lee, Barbara Boxer
2008 NY $97,000 St. Anthony Community Hospital, Warwick, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Hall (NY), John
2008 IL $234,000 Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, for the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Costello, Jerry
2008 CA $24,000,000 National Writing Project (Innovation and Improvement – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Abercrombie, Neil; Crowley, Joseph; Dent, Charles; Ellison, Keith; Eshoo, Anna; Hare, Phil; Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie; Loebsack, Dave; Matsui, Doris; Miller, George; Renzi, Rick; Shays, Christopher; Whitfield, Ed Akaka, Cochran, Durbin, Feinstein, Landrieu, Leahy, Mikulski, Reid, Baucus, Bayh, Biden, Bingaman, Boxer, Brown
2008 CO $165,000 Children's Hospital, Aurora, for equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Allard, Salazar
2008 PA $25,000 Guidance Center, Ridgeway, for abstinence education and related services (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 AL $800,000 Component rebuild shop, Anniston Army Depot (Army) NBR C MILCON Rogers, M. (AL)
2008 MD $393,960 Town of Colmar Manor Community Center for construction (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Van Hollen Cardin
2008 CA $490,000 Friant Corridor (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Radanovich
2008 WA $588,000 Vashion Island Passenger Only Ferry (Ferry Boats and Terminal Facilities) NBR THUD McDermott Murray, Cantwell
2008 MD $2,450,000 MD 4 at Suitland Parkway, Prince George's County Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR THUD Hoyer, Wynn Mikulski, Cardin
2008 IN $441,000 Railroad Grade Separation Project, Elkhart (Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Program) NBR THUD Donnelly Lugar
2008 IA $245,000 DART alternatives analysis design, Des Moines (Alternatives Analysis) NBR THUD Boswell Grassley
2008 SC $147,000 City of Greenville for renovation of out-dated recreation center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Graham
2008 SD $196,000 City of Aberdeen, downtown revitalization (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Johnson
2008 MD $387,270 Biomineral Soil Amendments for Control of Nematode, Beltsville (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR AG Hoyer Cardin, Mikulski
2008 LA $243,285 Aquaculture (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Alexander (LA), Baker Landrieu, Vitter
2008 KS $564,000 Kansas Regional Community Policing Institute (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Tiahrt Brownback
2008 GA $493,500 Cobb County (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Price (Tom), Scott (David), Gingrey Chambliss, Isakson
2008 MA $164,500 Braintree Police Department equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Lynch
2008 MO $352,500 Northwest Missouri NITRO Task Force (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Graves
2008 MO $282,000 World Impact St. Louis, Youth Program (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Clay
2008 $2,820,000 Native American/Native Alaskan Liaison Office (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR S COM Stevens
2008 NJ $133,950 Generations Inc., Camden, for a domestic violence program (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 $1,600,000 Composite small main rotor blades (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Tiahrt Brownback, Dodd
2008 $1,000,000 Passive Walking Beam Tracked Platform for Unmanned Ground Vehicles (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Peterson (MN)
2008 CA $2,400,000 McClellan AFB Infrastructure Improvements (Operation and Maintenance – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Lungren, Matsui
2008 $3,200,000 Fleece Insulating Liners for Extended Cold Weather Clothing System, Generation III (ECWCS GEN III) (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR DEF Hodes, Walberg, Meehan Graham, Gregg, Kennedy, Kerry, Stabenow, Sununu
2008 $6,000,000 CB 90 Riverine Craft (Other Procurement – Navy) NBR DEF Dicks Murray, Cantwell
2008 $2,800,000 Sense and respond logistics capability (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR H DEF Bishop (GA)
2008 $1,000,000 Modeling and analysis of the response of structures (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR S DEF Cochran, Lott
2008 $5,500,000 Silicon carbide power electronics for more electric aircraft (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF Cochran, Lott
2008 MA $654,360 Newburyport Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR H ENERGY Tierney
2008 WA $787,200 Electric Utility Transmission Program (Department of Energy: Electric Delivery and Energy Reliability) NBR ENERGY McMorris Rodgers Murray; Cantwell
2008 MD $701,592 Honga River and Tar Bay (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Gilchrest Mikulski; Cardin

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