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 MS $4,875,000 University of Mississippi, for Phase II of the National Center for Natural Products Research (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Cochran
2008 CA $9,780,000 Global weather operations center, Monterey (Navy) NBR C MILCON Farr
2008 OH $735,000 Holmes County Trail: Phase 5 (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR THUD Space, Brown
2008 NM $98,000 Town of Tatum for demolition and rebuilding of housing for the elderly and low-middle-income families (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Pearce
2008 NY $147,000 Safety and traffic improvements, Ardsley (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR H THUD Lowey
2008 NC $196,000 City of Raeford for sidewalks and streetscape improvements (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Hayes
2008 CA $328,300 San Diego Balboa Park Trolleys (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Davis Feinstein
2008 IL $313,600 Grand Ave. Transit signal priority Lake County (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR H THUD Bean
2008 TX $445,900 East Texas Higher Speed Rail feasibility study (Surface Transportation Priorities) NBR S THUD Hutchison
2008 PA $1,029,000 Erie International Airport (Airport Improvement Program) NBR S THUD Specter
2008 CA $298,893 Olive Fruit Fly, Parlier (Agricultural Research Service: Salaries and Expenses) NBR H AG Thompson (CA)
2008 NE $148,950 Sweet sorghum for energy production (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR AG Fortenberry Hagel, Nelson (NE)
2008 WI $178,740 Dairy Business Association (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR S AG Kohl
2008 ID $141,000 Idaho State University, Pocatello, to use earth observations to investigate the effect of land management decisions (NASA) NBR COM Simpson (Mike) Craig, Crapo
2008 TX $705,000 La Esperanza Home for Boys, Austin (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Ortiz
2008 TX $305,500 Fort Bend County Court Team for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Lampson
2008 NJ $188,000 Berkley Heights Police Department (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Ferguson
2008 PA $164,500 Joseph J. Peterman Institute, Philadelphia, Latino Child Abuse Prevention Program (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Brady (Robert)
2008 AK $117,500 To continue the real time monitoring of subsistence harvest haul-out and shoreline observations of marine mammals in the Aleutian Islands and Alaska Peninsula Region Aleut Pacific Marine Resources Observers(NOAA) NBR S COM Stevens
2008 NY $303,150 Gay Men's Health Crisis Center, New York, for an anti-meth program for substance abuse reduction and counseling (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Schumer, Clinton
2008 $2,000,000 High temperature, laser sintered polymeric material digital product definition (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR DEF Smith, Adrian Nelson (NE)
2008 $1,600,000 Aviation Response Maintenance System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Murtha
2008 $800,000 Dandrimer enhanced water remediation research (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Levin Levin
2008 $1,600,000 Neutron/Hadron Particle Therapy (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Hastert
2008 $1,000,000 High fidelity virtual simulation and analysis (HFVSA) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Cramer
2008 $800,000 Vehicle emergency escape window (Other Procurement – Army) NBR H DEF Altmire
2008 $1,600,000 Sawfly combat ballistic protection eyewear (Operation and Maintenance – Army) NBR S DEF Leahy
2008 $2,900,000 Polymer stress and sensor damage sensors for composites (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF Cochran
2008 CA $492,000 Los Angeles Basin (Watershed Water Supply Augmentation) (Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources) NBR ENERGY Sanchez, L Feinstein
2008 OH $787,200 Painesville (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY LaTourette
2008 CA $2,952,000 San Gabriel Basin restoration fund (Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources) NBR H ENERGY Dreier; Napolitano; Roybal Allard
2008 NJ $492,000 Advanced Laboratory Technology Initiative (Department of Energy: Science) NBR H ENERGY Andrews
2008 MS $130,872 Yazoo River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Cochran
2008 MN $179,000 Minnesota River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 KS $968,000 Pearson-Skubitz Big Hill Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 IL $2,000,000 Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for statewide broadband infrastructure and connectivity, Springfield (Small Business Administration) NBR S FINSER Durbin
2008 AZ $295,320 George Washington Carver High School, Phoenix (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR H INT Pastor
2008 ME $492,200 Atlantic Salmon—Penobscot River (United States Fish and Wildlife Service – Resource Management) NBR INT Allen Snowe, Collins
2008 KY $195,000 Murray State University, Hopkinsville, for purchase of equipment at the Veterinary Center (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Whitfield, Ed
2008 CA $146,000 John Wesley Community Health Institute, for facilities and equipment for the Bell Gardens Health Center (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Roybal Allard, Lucille
2008 VA $341,000 City of Alexandria, for an automotive industry workforce development and training initiative (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR H LABHHS Moran (VA), James
2008 IA $187,000 Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, for equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS King (IA), Steve Harkin, Grassley
2008 NC $146,000 Alleghany Memorial Hospital, Sparta, for an electronic health records initiative, including equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR H LABHHS Foxx, Virginia
2008 PA $195,000 Bucknell University, Lewisburg, for environmental studies programs and community outreach (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Carney, Christopher
2008 AL $123,000 University of North Alabama, Florence, for research to develop a model center for teacher preparation (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Sessions
2008 KS $487,000 Kansas City Community College, to provide workforce devlopment training (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Brownback
2008 IL $536,000 East Saint Louis High School, to upgrade the school's technology and sciences programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Durbin
2008 AL $1,513,000 Aviation maintenance hangar, phase I, Fort Rucker (Army) NBR C MILCON Everett
2008 OH $196,000 Hocking Athens Perry Community Action in Athens for renovation and construction (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Space
2008 NM $470,400 Para-Transit Van Replacement, Las Cruces (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Pearce Domenici, Bingaman

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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