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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 2008 Description Huntington Junior College for an initiative to recruit and train students in closed captioning
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,035,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Huntington (W.Va.) Junior College
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 2008 Description Clay County School system, for the continuation and expansion of Skills West Virginia programs in counties around West Virginia
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $172,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Clay County, West Virginia Recipients Clay County (W.Va.) Schools
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV, for the Mining and Industry Safety Technology and Training Innovation Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,854,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Wheeling, West Virginia Recipients Wheeling (W.Va.) University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wetzel County Hospital, for the expansion and remolding of the Emergency Department.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $862,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Wetzel, West Virginia Recipients Wetzel County (W.Va.) Hospital
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description South Dakota State University, for the Thomas Daschle Center for Public Service & Representative Democracy
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Former Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Former Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)
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Locations Brookings, South Dakota Recipients South Dakota State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, for construction of a Mutiple Sclerosis Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $3,996,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Morgantown, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the Senate, for the planning and design of a building and may include support for an endowment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $5,813,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL)
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
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Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description West Virginia Prevention Resource Center, Charleston, WV, for drug abuse prevention
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $951,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Charleston, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia Prevention Resource Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description West Virginia University, for the construction and equipping of medical simulation research and training centers in Morgantown, Charleston, and Martinsburg.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,716,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Morgantown, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University

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