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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 Description (Bill)

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Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
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 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 United Mine Workers of America for mine rescue team training activities authorized under the Mine Safety and Health Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,808,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) Locations Fairfax, Virginia Recipients United Mine Workers of America
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description United Mine Workers of America for mine rescue team training activities authorized under the Mine Safety and Health Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,450,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Fairfax, Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Tennessee, Baker Center for Public Policy
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $4,790,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Locations Knoxville, Tennessee Recipients Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Vermont, to establish the Educational Excellence program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,874,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI)
Former Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
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Locations Burlington, Vermont Recipients University of Vermont
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Unmanned Aircraft Systems Optimization Technologies
(Defense)
Amount $2,800,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Unmanned Vehicle Sensor Optimization Technologies Program
(Defense)
Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Morgantown, West Virginia Recipients Augusta Systems Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Upper Guyandotte River Basin
(Energy and Water)
Amount $148,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Upper Guyandotte River, WV
(Energy and Water)
Amount $269,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) Locations Guyandotte River, West Virginia Recipients

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