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View earmark details Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) - Earmarks Requested

Died in Office, June 28, 2010 • Alternate Name: Robert Carlyle Byrd
All     Solo     With 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                     Number 277 Cost $933,540,838
With Other Members          Number 53 Cost $150,500,500
All Congressional                Number 330 Cost $1,084,041,338
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 343* Cost $1,196,603,338*
Earmark Details Year

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Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Telerobotic and Advanced Minimally Invasive Surgery
(Defense)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description ABL Facility Restoration Program
(Defense)
Amount $54,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Rocket Center, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Access road to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Raleigh County
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $0 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Beckley, West Virginia, Raleigh, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Advanced Training Center
(Homeland Security)
Amount $39,700,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description AFIP Records Digitization Program
(Defense)
Amount $18,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Agriculture Waste Utilization
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $485,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients West Virginia State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description American Optometric Association, for the InfantSee program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $430,000 Sponsors Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) Locations Alexandria, Virginia Recipients American Optometric Association
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachia Service Project Home Repair Program, repair of low and moderate income housing
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachian Fruit Lab
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,529,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Kearneysville, West Virginia Recipients Appalachian Fruit Research Station
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachian Small Farmer Outreach Program/Risk Management Initiative
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $717,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients Natural Resources Conservation Service West Virginia

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