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Where are this year's earmarks
Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Rep. Brian M. Higgins (-New York, 26th) - Earmarks Requested
In Office

 
AllSoloWith 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                     19 $15,111,514
With Other Members          51 $56,575,750
All Congressional                70 $71,687,264
All Sponsored Earmarks      78* $81,348,264*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

(desc)

 Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2009 Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Dispersal Barrier
(Energy and Water)		 $5,750,000 President *
Rep. John Conyers (-MI)
Rep. John Dingell (-MI)
Rep. Vern Ehlers (-MI)
...more		 Illinois
View earmark details 2009 ALON and Spinel Optical Ceramics
(Defense)		 $4,000,000 Rep. Mary Bono Mack (-CA)
Rep. John Tierney (-MA)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (-CA)
...more		 Burlington, Massachusetts
View earmark details 2009 Unmanned Threat Emitter (UMTE) Modernization
(Defense)		 $4,000,000 Rep. Shelley Berkley (-NV)
Rep. Rick Renzi (-AZ)
Sen. Harry Reid (-NV)
...more		 Buffalo, New York; Unknown Location
View earmark details 2010 X-49A Envelope Expansion Modifications
(Defense)		 $3,600,000 Rep. Rob Andrews (-NJ)
Rep. Bob Brady (-PA)
Rep. Mike Castle (-DE)
...more		 Essington, Pennsylvania Calspan Corp.; Piasecki Aircraft Corp.
View earmark details 2008 Consolidate Sector Buffalo
(Homeland Security)		 $3,100,000 No additional sponsors indicated New York
View earmark details 2009 Sector Buffalo, NY
(Homeland Security)		 $3,000,000 No additional sponsors indicated Buffalo, New York
View earmark details 2009 Preventing Long-Term Brain and Lung Damage Caused by Battlefield Trauma Project
(Defense)		 $2,900,000 Rep. Louise Slaughter (-NY)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (-NY)		 Buffalo, New York
View earmark details 2010 Aluminum Oxy-Nitride and Spinal Optical Ceramics
(Defense)		 $2,400,000 Rep. Mary Bono Mack (-CA)
Rep. John Tierney (-MA)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (-NY)
...more		 Massachusetts Surmet Precision Optics Corp.
View earmark details 2008 Unmanned Threat Emitter Modernization
(Defense)		 $2,400,000 Rep. Shelley Berkley (-NV)
Rep. Marty Meehan (-MA)
Rep. Rick Renzi (-AZ)
...more		 Bolton, New York DRS Defense Solutions LLC; Cobham Sensor Systems - Bolton
View earmark details 2010 Infectious and Airborne Pathogen Reduction
(Defense)		 $2,240,000 Rep. Mike Arcuri (-NY)
Rep. Travis Wayne Childers (-MS)
Rep. Ed Whitfield (-KY)
...more		 Maryland; Mississippi; New York Luvata Grenada LLC; Luvata Franklin Inc.; Luvata Buffalo Inc.; Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center
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