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 SC $984,000 Bioethanol Collaborative (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR H ENERGY Barrett; Inglis; Wilson, J.
2008 CT $93,480 Patchogue River, Westbrook (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Dodd; Lieberman
2008 NH $742,000 Otter Brook Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 Multi-State $35,950,000 Ohio River Locks and Dams, [KY, IL, IN & OH] (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 AL $250,000 Mitchell College of Business, Business Library and Career Resource Center (Small Business Administration) NBR S FINSER Shelby
2008 WV $984,400 The City of Milton for Milton Water System Improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR H INT Rahall
2008 OR $541,420 The City of Portland for decentralized storm water management system improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR INT Blumenauer, Wu Wyden
2008 GA $380,000 Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, Orange, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Woolsey, Lynn
2008 OH $146,000 University of Akron, to link regional districts with industry to promote STEM academic and career pathways (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Ryan (OH), Tim; Sutton, Betty
2008 PA $87,000 Robert Morris University, for health care prof. ed. programs in the use of electronic health records (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Murphy, Tim Specter
2008 MI $292,000 Jewish Association for Residential Care, Farmington Hills, for the Lifeline Project (Center for Mental Health Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Knollenberg, Joe Levin, Stabenow
2008 PA $243,000 West Chester University, for nursing program development (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Gerlach, Jim
2008 DE $165,000 Wesley College, Dover, for the expansion of the nursing program (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Castle, Michael Carper, Biden
2008 MI $414,000 Michigan Health and Hospital Association, Kalamazoo, to improve quality of hospital surgery settings (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Levin, Stabenow
2008 PA $87,000 Memorial Hospital, York, for information technology equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Specter
2008 MS $97,000 Delta Arts Alliance, Cleveland, for in-school and after-school arts education programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Cochran
2008 KY $8,600,000 Child development center [Ages 0-5], Fort Campbell (Army) NBR C MILCON HCA McConnell
2008 OK $245,000 Sect. 5309 Capital Appropriation-Tulsa (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Sullivan
2008 CO $196,000 Pecos Street grade crossing (Rail Line Relocation and Improvement Program) NBR THUD Perlmutter, Udall (CO) Salazar
2008 MA $196,000 Norwood Airport Reconstruction (Airport Improvement Program) NBR H THUD Lynch
2008 IN $147,000 City of Columbus for planning, design, construction and buildout of an educational facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Hill Lugar
2008 IL $196,000 Mobile Data Terminal/Chicago Paratransit vehicles (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Davis, Gutierrez Obama
2008 CA $980,000 Southern California Regional Rail Authority, San Fernando Valley (Grade Crossings on Designated High Speed Rail Corridors) NBR H THUD Berman
2008 WA $343,000 Jefferson Transit Vehicle Replacement (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Murray, Cantwell
2008 KS $588,000 Reconstruction of US-50 in Gray County (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Brownback
2008 VA $147,957 Aquaculture (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Goode Warner, Webb
2008 NV $142,992 Rangeland Conservation and Fuels Management (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR S AG Reid
2008 AR $188,000 Searcy Police Department (Law Enforcement Equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Snyder
2008 NJ $493,500 East Orange Criminal Regional Intelligence Sharing Project (C.R.I.S.P) (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Payne
2008 IA $94,000 Webster County Sheriff's Office (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Latham
2008 PR $164,500 Municipality of Ponce (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Fortuno
2008 IN $258,500 Carmel (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Burton
2008 AL $752,000 Drought research study to continue to study potential options to minimize the impact of droughts on Alabama and the Southeast University of Alabama at Huntsville (NOAA) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 AK $940,000 State of Alaska, Juneau, for rural law enforcement (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Stevens
2008 $3,200,000 Advanced Thermal Management System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Stupak
2008 MN $3,000,000 Satellite Multi-Modal Collaborative Crisis and Training Network for the Minnesota Army National Guard (Other Procurement – Army) NBR DEF Oberstar Coleman, Klobuchar
2008 $2,400,000 Portable digital X-ray (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Lewis (CA)
2008 $350,000 Shielding rocket payloads (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF Herseth Sandlin Johnson, Thune
2008 $1,120,000 Long-Range Stand Off System for Detection of Biological Materials (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Cubin Enzi
2008 $4,000,000 Limb tissue regeneration after battlefield injuries using bone marrow stem cells (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Baird, Blumenauer, Hooley, Wu Smith, Wyden
2008 WV $1,304,000 West Virginia Counter-Drug Program (Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities) NBR S DEF Byrd
2008 $3,200,000 Mission Helmet Recording System (Procurement – Defense Wide) NBR S DEF Gregg, Sununu
2008 NY $295,200 Bronx Community College Sustainable Energy Center (Department of Energy: Science) NBR H ENERGY Serrano
2008 IL $984,000 Fuel research and development at Northern Illinois University (Department of Energy: Fossil Energy Research & Development) NBR H ENERGY Lipinski
2008 IL $246,000 Energy and Sustainability Institute, Illinois Institute of Technology (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Emanuel Obama
2008 LA $7,872,000 Comite River (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Baker; Jindal Landrieu; Vitter
2008 DE $343,416 Harbor of Refuge, Lewes (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Biden; Carper
2008 NH $720,000 Blackwater Dam (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 Multi-State $4,006,000 Ohio River open channel work [IL; IN; KY; OH] (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 NJ $150,000 New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners for women's business growth initiative, Hamilton (Small Business Administration) NBR S FINSER Lautenberg

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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