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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Rep. Alan Mollohan (-West Virginia, 1st) - Earmarks Requested
Defeated
Alternate Name: Alan Bowlby Mollohan

 
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                     142 $95,513,900
With Other Members          13 $68,218,000
All Congressional                155 $163,731,900
All Sponsored Earmarks      155* $163,731,900*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

(asc)

Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2008 Upper Monongahela River Automation Project, West Virginia
(Energy and Water)
$344,000 No additional sponsors indicated West Virginia
View earmark details 2008 West Virginia And Pennsylvania Flood Control, WV & PA
(Energy and Water)
$1,673,000 Rep. Jack Murtha (-PA) West Virginia
View earmark details 2008 WV Statewide Flood Warning System
(Energy and Water)
$492,000 Sen. Robert Byrd (-WV) West Virginia
View earmark details 2009 Ohio River Locks and Dams, WV, KY, & OH (Parkersburg/Vienna, WV)
(Energy and Water)
$1,425,000 No additional sponsors indicated Ohio; West Virginia
View earmark details 2009 West Virginia and Pennsylvania Flood Control, PA & WV
(Energy and Water)
$2,000,000 Rep. Jack Murtha (-PA) West Virginia
View earmark details 2010 West Virginia and Pennsylvania Flood Control, PA & WV
(Energy and Water)
$1,500,000 Rep. Jack Murtha (-PA) West Virginia
View earmark details 2010 Northern West Virginia Environmental Infrastructure, WV
(Energy and Water)
$100,000 No additional sponsors indicated West Virginia
View earmark details 2008 West Virginia University Research Corporation for renovations of a small business incubator
(Financial Services)
$282,000 No additional sponsors indicated Morgantown, West Virginia West Virginia University
View earmark details 2010 Town of Hambleton and Town of Davis, WV
(Homeland Security)
$450,000 No additional sponsors indicated Davis
View earmark details 2008 Wetzel County Courthouse, New Martinsville
(Interior)
$138,000 No additional sponsors indicated New Martinsville, West Virginia
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