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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 Mountain State University for the construction of the Allied Health Technology Tower
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $3,104,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Beckley, West Virginia Recipients Mountain State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mussel recovery, White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery
(Interior)
Amount $197,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Biometrics Security Project
(Defense)
Amount $3,200,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Guard Youth Challenge Program
(Defense)
Amount $12,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
Locations Unknown Location Recipients North Carolina National Guard
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
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description New River Gorge National River
(Interior)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description New River Gorge National Scenic River
(Interior)
Amount $1,521,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations 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
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge - river island erosion control
(Interior)
Amount $984,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia 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

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )