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Where are this year's earmarks
Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Sen. Ron Wyden (-Oregon) - Earmarks Requested
In Office
Alternate Name: Ronald Lee Wyden

 
AllSoloWith Other Members
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     5 $962,400
With Other Members          351 $382,256,659
All Congressional                356 $383,219,059
All Sponsored Earmarks      383* $689,568,059*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

(asc)

Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2009 City of Salem Police Department to create an automated citation system
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$75,000 Rep. Darlene Hooley (-OR)
Sen. Gordon Smith (-OR)
Salem, Oregon Salem (Ore.) Police Department
View earmark details 2008 Portland Community College, to support the Center for Business and Industry
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$81,000 Sen. Gordon Smith (-OR) Portland, Oregon Portland (Ore.) Community College
View earmark details 2008 Springfield Public Schools Academy of Arts and Academics, classroom equipment and technology
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$81,000 Sen. Gordon Smith (-OR) Springfield, Oregon Springfield (Ore.) Academy of Arts and Academics
View earmark details 2008 Willamette River Floodplain Restoration
(Energy and Water)
$83,000 Rep. Earl Blumenauer (-OR)
Rep. David Wu (-OR)
Sen. Gordon Smith (-OR)
...more
Oregon
View earmark details 2009 Highway 140 Improvements, Jackson County, OR
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$95,000 Rep. Greg Walden (-OR)
Sen. Gordon Smith (-OR)
Jackson County, Oregon
View earmark details 2009 Jewish Family & Child Service, Portland, OR, for senior programs and services
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$95,000 Sen. Gordon Smith (-OR) Portland, Oregon
View earmark details 2009 Lane County, Eugene, OR, for construction of the Springfield Community Health Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$95,000 Sen. Gordon Smith (-OR) Eugene, Oregon Lane County, Ore.
View earmark details 2009 SMART (Start Making A Reader Today), Portland, OR, for children's literacy programs
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$95,000 Sen. Gordon Smith (-OR) Portland, Oregon
View earmark details 2009 Blue Mountain Diagnostic Imaging, Inc., for equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$95,000 No additional sponsors indicated Pendleton, Oregon Blue Mountain Diagnostic Imaging Inc.
View earmark details 2008 Halfway Sediment Transport Assessment
(Energy and Water)
$98,000 Rep. Greg Walden (-OR)
Sen. Gordon Smith (-OR)
Oregon
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