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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 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 2009 Description Long Term Environmental and Economic Impacts of the Development of a Coal Liquefaction Sector in China (WV)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $475,750 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Lightweight Composites for Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Hydrogen Storage (WV)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $475,750 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description WVU Exhaust Emissions Testing Initiative, WV
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Track Stability Technology, Marshall University, WV
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Agriculture Waste Utilization
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $455,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
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 Water Pollutants
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $410,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Computer Vision Engineer, Kearneysville, WV
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Kearneysville, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Ohio River Basin Comprehensive Study
(Energy and Water)
Amount $394,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Zack Space (D-OH) Locations Ohio; Pennsylvania; West Virginia Recipients

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