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

View earmark details Rep. Jack Murtha (-Pennsylvania, 12th) - Earmarks Requested
Died in Office, Feb. 8, 2010
Alternate Name: John Patrick Murtha Jr.

 
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                     146 $353,917,972
With Other Members          28 $44,096,000
All Congressional                174 $398,013,972
All Sponsored Earmarks      178* $446,523,972*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2009 Military Lens Fabrication and Assembly
(Defense)
$2,400,000 Sen. Arlen Specter (-PA) Freeport, Pennsylvania
View earmark details 2010 FirstLink Technology Transfer Program
(Defense)
$2,400,000 No additional sponsors indicated Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Gateways Corp.
View earmark details 2010 Engine Health Management Plus Data Repository Center
(Defense)
$2,400,000 No additional sponsors indicated Waynesburg, Pennsylvania R.J. Lee Group Inc.
View earmark details 2009 Turbo Fuel Cell Engine
(Defense)
$2,500,000 No additional sponsors indicated Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
View earmark details 2009 Unmanned Ground Vehicle Advanced Technology Development
(Defense)
$2,500,000 No additional sponsors indicated Windber, Pennsylvania
View earmark details 2010 Hand-Held Apparatus for Mobile Mapping and Expedited Reporting
(Defense)
$2,800,000 Sen. Bob Casey (-PA) Johnstown, Pennsylvania Compass Systems Inc.
View earmark details 2010 Affordable Miniature FOPEN Radar for Special Operations Craft-Riverine
(Defense)
$2,800,000 No additional sponsors indicated Uniontown, Pennsylvania Trident Systems Inc.
View earmark details 2010 Remote Bio-Medical Detector
(Defense)
$2,800,000 No additional sponsors indicated LeMont Furnace, Pennsylvania QTL Biosystems LLC; United First Responders LLC
View earmark details 2009 Engine Health Management Plus Data Repository Center
(Defense)
$3,000,000 No additional sponsors indicated Monroeville, Pennsylvania
View earmark details 2009 Human Terrain Geographic Decision Support
(Defense)
$3,000,000 No additional sponsors indicated Redlands, California
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