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Fiscal Year(s)

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 Description (Bill) Amount

(desc)

Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description United Mine Workers of America, classroom and simulated rescue training for mine rescue teams
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,162,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) Locations Washington, West Virginia Recipients United Mine Workers of America
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Tri-State Armory Addition
(Military Construction)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Kenova, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description West Virginia State University for a science, engineering, mathematics and aerospace academy (SEMAA).
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Institute, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Youth training initiative
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Bluefield, West Virginia Recipients Community Connections Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Biometrics Operations Directorate Transition
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Appalachian Fruit Laboratory, Kearneysville, WV
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Kearneysville, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Harper's Ferry National Historic Park
(Interior)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients Harper's Ferry National Historical Park
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description UAS Optimization Technologies
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location Recipients University of Alaska Southeast
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Life Safety Upgrade
(Military Construction)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations St. Albans Armory, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Neurosciences Institute in Morgantown, to support molecular genetics research
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,968,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Morgantown, West Virginia Recipients

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