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 $123,000 South East Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher Education, Glenside, for the Institutes of Mathematics and Science (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Murphy, Patrick; Schwartz, Allyson; Gerlach, Jim Specter, Casey, Jr.
2008 FL $316,000 Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, for equipment technology (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Klein (FL), Ron; Hastings (FL), Alcee; Wexler, Robert
2008 PA $87,000 Chester County Hospital, West Chester, for construction (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Gerlach, Jim Specter
2008 TX $195,000 Tarleton State University, Stephenville, for the Rural Nursing Education Program, (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Carter, John
2008 IA $390,000 Iowa State University, Ames, for the Iowa Initiative for Healthier Schools and Student Wellness (Centers for Disease Control – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Harkin, Grassley
2008 IA $292,000 Eastern Iowa Community College, Davenport, for the creation of a center on sustainable energy (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Harkin, Grassley
2008 CO $247,000 University of Colorado, Denver, for construction, renovation and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Allard, Salazar
2008 NC $14,200,000 Child development center, Midway Park, Camp LeJeune (Navy) NBR C MILCON HCA
2008 MI $294,000 Landing Craft for Mackinac Island (Ferry Boats and Terminal Facilities) NBR H THUD Stupak
2008 CO $166,600 City of Commerce City for renovation and construction of a Boys and Girls Club (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Perlmutter
2008 MA $196,000 Office of the Board of Selectmen for construction of recreational facilities at Oliver Ames High School (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Lynch
2008 NY $392,000 Buffalo-Niagara International Subsurface Engineered Wetland Water Quality Project (Airport Improvement Program) NBR THUD Higgins Clinton
2008 IL $392,000 Mobile data terminals for Pace, Arlington Heights (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Davis, Danny Obama
2008 NV $1,078,000 Southern Nevada Beltway Interchanges Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR THUD Berkley, Porter Reid
2008 WA $343,000 Port Angles International Gateway Project (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Murray
2008 CT $1,969,800 Norwich Intermodal Transportation Center (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR S THUD Dodd, Lieberman
2008 NM $74,475 Organic Waste Utilization (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Wilson (NM) Bingaman, Domenici
2008 VA $351,522 Fish and Shellfish Technologies (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Goode Warner, Webb
2008 VT $178,740 Phosphorus Loading in Lake Champlain (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR S AG Leahy
2008 NJ $470,000 Megan Nicole Kanka Foundation – Check 'em Out Program (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Smith (Christopher)
2008 DC $648,600 National Institute on State Policy on Trafficking of Women and Girls, Washington (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Pastor, Honda, DeLauro, Payne, Woolsey
2008 CT $1,950,500 Hartford Public Safety Equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Larson Lieberman
2008 NE $352,500 Nebraska State Patrol (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Fortenberry Hagel, Nelson (Ben)
2008 FL $846,000 Science Consortium for Ocean Replenishment at Mote Marine Lab (NOAA) NBR H COM Buchanan, Putnam
2008 AK $1,316,000 Alaska survey current and tide data (NOAA) NBR S COM Stevens
2008 FL $357,200 South Florida Anti-Gang Task Force, Broward County, to fight gang violence (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Nelson (Bill)
2008 SC $1,600,000 Multi-Voltage EMI Hardened Fluorescent Stringable Tent Lighting System (Operation and Maintenance – Marine Corps) NBR DEF Spratt, John Graham
2008 $1,000,000 HALO 360 degree imaging for submarines (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Neal, Meehan, Olver Leahy, Kerry
2008 CA $2,400,000 Spintronics memory storage technology (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR H DEF Lewis (CA)
2008 $1,500,000 Mobile Real-Time Non-Specific Viral Agent Detector (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Hayes, Price (NC) Dole
2008 $1,000,000 Acoustic Materials for Integral Bow Conformal Array (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Crenshaw
2008 $2,400,000 Low Signature Modular Weapon Platform (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Baird, Blumenauer, DeFazio, Hooley, Wu Smith, Wyden
2008 $1,200,000 Battlefield Anti-Intrusion System (Other Procurement – Army) NBR S DEF Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 $3,200,000 Interoperable Communications/Enterprise Network for USNORTHCOM (Operation and Maintenance – Air Force) NBR S DEF Salazar
2008 VA $280,440 Richmond CSO (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Scott, R. Warner; Webb
2008 IL $98,400 Illinois Waterway Calumet – Sag Modification Project (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR C ENERGY Lipinski
2008 IN $738,000 University of Southern Indiana engineering equipment (Department of Energy: Science) NBR ENERGY Ellsworth Lugar
2008 LA $639,600 Livingston Parish GIS (Corps of Engineers: General Investigation) NBR ENERGY Baker Landrieu
2008 NV $1,968,000 Lake Tahoe Regional Wetlands (Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources) NBR S ENERGY Reid
2008 NC $544,000 Cape Fear River above Wilmington (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 Multi-State $3,563,000 Calumet Harbor and River [IL, IN] (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 LA $150,000 Maritime Business Training Center for Construction of a Training Facility, Covington (Small Business Administration) NBR S FINSER Vitter
2008 OH $98,440 Fire Fighters' Hall, Columbus (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR H INT Pryce
2008 FL $246,100 Fort DeSoto (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR H INT Bill Young
2008 VA $97,000 Shelter for Abused Women, Winchester, to enhance community efforts to address domestic violence (Child Abuse – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Wolf, Frank
2008 OH $97,000 Youngstown State University, for a pilot K-12 attention enhancement for learning project (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Ryan (OH), Tim
2008 PA $121,000 Neighborhood First Program, Inc., Bristol, for services for at-risk youth (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR H LABHHS Murphy, Patrick
2008 FL $195,000 Covenant House Florida, Ft. Lauderdale, for a program for pregnant and parenting teens and young adults (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Klein (FL), Ron
2008 PA $438,000 Mercy Suburban Hospital, Norristown, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Gerlach, Jim
2008 TX $438,000 Round Rock Higher Education Center, for nursing programs, including purchase of equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Carter, John

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