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

View earmark details Rep. Ellen Tauscher (-California, 10th) - Earmarks Requested
Resigned
Alternate Name: Ellen O'Kane Tauscher

 
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 $25,429,500
With Other Members          57 $85,448,350
All Congressional                76 $110,877,850
All Sponsored Earmarks      85* $191,885,750*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2010 Methamphetamine Eradication and Suppression Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$200,000 No additional sponsors indicated Martinez, California Contra Costa County, Calif.
View earmark details 2010 Methanol Fuel Cell Development for USAF Battlefield Renewable Integrated Tactical Energy System (BRITES)
(Defense)
$2,400,000 Sen. Dianne Feinstein (-CA) Livermore, California Ultracell Corp.
View earmark details 2008 Molecular Switch Vaccines for Biodefense and Cancer
(Defense)
$1,600,000 Rep. Elijah Cummings (-MD)
Rep. Mike Honda (-CA)
Rep. Patrick Joseph Murphy (-PA)
...more
San Jose, California Johns Hopkins University; Immunocytometry Systems; Cerus Corp.
View earmark details 2008 Mt. Diablo Abandoned Mine Restoration
(Energy and Water)
$646,000 Rep. Jerry McNerney (-CA)
Rep. George Miller (-CA)
Sen. Max Baucus (-MT)
...more
Contra Costa, California
View earmark details 2008 Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, Agua Dulce project area
(Interior)
$1,575,000 Rep. Earl Blumenauer (-OR)
Rep. Peter DeFazio (-OR)
Rep. Darlene Hooley (-OR)
...more
California
View earmark details 2008 Pinole Shoal Management Study
(Energy and Water)
$462,000 Rep. George Miller (-CA)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (-CA)
California
View earmark details 2010 Pinole Shoal Management Study, CA
(Energy and Water)
$100,000 Rep. Dennis Cardoza (-CA)
Rep. Jerry McNerney (-CA)
Rep. George Miller (-CA)
...more
California
View earmark details 2008 Rapid Transit (BRT) project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$2,940,000 Rep. Jerry McNerney (-CA) Livermore, California
View earmark details 2009 Reach Out and Read authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$4,965,000 alert Rep. Jim Langevin (-RI)
Rep. John Larson (-CT)
Rep. Sandy Levin (-MI)
...more
Unknown Location Reach Out and Read National Center
View earmark details 2010 Reach Out and Read authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$6,000,000 alert Sen. Ted Kennedy (-MA)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (-NY)
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (-HI)
...more
Various Locations Reach Out and Read National Center
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