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 LA $76,000 Madison Parish Port (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Alexander; Jindal Landrieu
2008 NY $22,632 Great Kills Harbor, S.I. (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Schumer; Clinton
2008 Multi-State $139,000 Missouri River between Fort Peck Dam and Gavins Point [MT, SD] (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 IA $2,837,000 Rathbun Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Grassley
2008 CT $300,000 Women's Business Development Center, Stamford (Small Business Administration) NBR S FINSER Lieberman
2008 WI $492,200 Great Lakes Research Vessel Infrastructure (United States Geological Survey – Surveys, Investigation and Research) NBR H INT Obey
2008 VT $492,200 The Town of Hardwick for water system upgrades (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Leahy, Sanders
2008 FL $2,437,000 Florida Institute of Technologoy, Melbourne, for the Autism Research and Treatment Center (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Weldon (FL), Dave
2008 CA $292,000 East Los Angeles Community Union, for a workforce training initiative (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR H LABHHS Roybal Allard, Lucille
2008 WI $121,000 AIDS Resource Center Wisconsin, Milwaukee, to provide health care and case management services (Health Resources and Services Administration) NBR LABHHS Moore (WI), Gwen Kohl
2008 WI $68,000 La Crosse Sch. Dist., La Crosse, for a 21st Century Community Learning Center at Logan Middle School (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Kind, Ron
2008 VA $243,000 City of Suffolk, for training programs at the Suffolk Workforce Development Center (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR LABHHS Forbes, J. Webb, Warner
2008 CA $292,000 Children Uniting Nations, Los Angeles, for a foster child mentoring program (Child Abuse – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Cardoza, Dennis Feinstein
2008 IA $438,000 University of Northern Iowa, to continue the 2+2 Teacher Education Demonstration Program (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Harkin, Grassley
2008 HI $195,000 Henry Kuualoha Giugni Archive at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, for Native Hawaiian records and stories (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Inouye
2008 NV $682,000 University of Nevada, Las Vegas, for construction at the School of Public Health (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR S LABHHS Reid
2008 PA $828,000 Visiting quarters phase I, Pittsburgh ARS, Coraopolis (Air Force Reserve) NBR MILCON Doyle Casey, Specter
2008 AR $196,000 Audubon Arkansas, Little Rock Audubon Center, Little Rock to complete the second phase (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Snyder Lincoln, Pryor
2008 AZ $490,000 Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. in Phoenix for acquisition of a facility to be used as a business incubator and training facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Pastor
2008 IA $4,596,200 Statewide bus replacement (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Loebsack Harkin, Grassley
2008 WA $245,000 Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center for construction (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Hastings Murray, Cantwell
2008 VA $490,000 Commuter Rail Station at Camel Church (Alternatives Analysis) NBR H THUD Davis
2008 GA $490,000 State Route 24 widening, Sandersville, Washington County (Transportation & Community & System Preservation) NBR H THUD Barrow
2008 CA $656,600 San Francisco Bay Water Transit Ferry Boat (Ferry Boats and Terminal Facilities) NBR S THUD Feinstein
2008 OR $490,000 Prototype vehicle domestic manufacturer (Research [FTA]) NBR S THUD Wyden
2008 OH $201,579 South Fork of the Licking River Watershed Project (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations) NBR H AG Space
2008 CA $380,319 Sustainable Agriculture (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR H AG Farr
2008 WV $3,226,257 GIS Center of Excellence (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR S AG Byrd
2008 NC $211,500 Asheville Police Department Fire Range equipment (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Shuler
2008 WI $94,000 Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve (NOAA) NBR H COM Obey
2008 MI $223,250 CLEMIS Consortium Pontiac for equipment purchase (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Knollenberg, Levin (Sander) Levin (Carl), Stabenow
2008 CA $1,269,000 Monterey County Street Violence and Anti-Gang Project (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Farr Boxer
2008 KS $70,500 Parsons Police Department public safety equipment (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Boyda
2008 AL $235,000 West Alabama Marine Shrimp and Fish Aquaculture to develop new methods and find efficiency in the development of marine shrimp and fish aquaculture using ponds and the salinic water of West Alabama (NOAA) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 VT $250,000 Vermont Law School South Royalton to allow the Legal Clinic Services to expand its work on immigration matters (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR S COM Leahy
2008 $1,600,000 Defense Against Viral Infection (DAVI) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Slaughter Clinton, Schumer
2008 $2,000,000 Laser for Navy applications (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR H DEF Murtha
2008 $1,650,000 Battlefield plastic biodiesel (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Latham, Boswell Grassley, Harkin
2008 $1,000,000 Portable Neutron Imaging System (Intelligence) NBR H DEF Harman
2008 VA $5,000,000 Undersea launched missile study (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Courtney, Langevin, Scott (VA) Dodd, Lieberman, Reed
2008 $800,000 Small craft integrated common operational picture (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Defense Wide) NBR DEF Allen Collins, Snowe
2008 $1,600,000 Rapid manufacturing and repair of composite components (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR S DEF Reid
2008 $3,000,000 National Service Member Outreach Program (as provided in Senate Sec. 8130) (Operation and Maintenance – Army Reserve National Guard) NBR S DEF Akaka, Brown, Kerry, Obama, Sanders
2008 OH $1,279,200 Struthers (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Ryan
2008 IA $2,558,400 Ventura Marsh habitat restoration, Clear Lake (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Latham Harkin; Grassley
2008 PA $468,384 Three Rivers Wet Weather Demonstration Project (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR H ENERGY Doyle
2008 LA $984,000 Louisiana State University alternative energy research (Department of Energy: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) NBR ENERGY Alexander; Baker; Jindal Landrieu; Vitter
2008 RI $186,960 Point Judith Harbor of Refuge (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Reed; Whitehouse
2008 MT $4,498,000 Ft. Peck Dam and Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 HI $204,000 Barbers Point Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY

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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