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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 Mercer County Commission; For repair and renovation of the Memorial Building
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $980,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Princeton, West Virginia, Mercer, West Virginia Recipients Mercer County, W.Va.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description McKelvey Foundation, to an entrepreneurial college scholarships for rural, low-income Pennsylvania and West Virginia high school graduates
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $167,000 Sponsors Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)
Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)
Locations New Wilmington, Pennsylvania Recipients McKelvey Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description MatchBox (Biometrics Analysis and Identification)
(Defense)
Amount $4,720,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Marshall University, to support NASA-related composites training at the Composites Technology and Training Institute
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $2,232,500 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Bridgeport, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Marshall University, Forensic Science DNA Laboratory, for forensic lab equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $4,465,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Marshall University for the Virtual Colonoscopy Outreach Program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,360,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Marshall University for the construction of a patient care and clinical training site in Southwestern West Virginia
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,801,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Marshall University for the Bioengineering and Biomanufacturing Institute
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,508,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Marmet Lock, Kanawha River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $29,520,000 Sponsors President *
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lower Mud River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,033,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) Locations Milton, West Virginia Recipients

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