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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Rep. Todd Tiahrt (-Kansas, 4th) - Earmarks Requested
Defeated
Alternate Name: William Todd Tiahrt

 
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                     61 $50,873,000
With Other Members          77 $141,808,500
All Congressional                138 $192,681,500
All Sponsored Earmarks      145* $294,297,500*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2008 International Youth Service and Development Corps
(Financial Services)
$600,000 No additional sponsors indicated Washington, District of Columbia
View earmark details 2010 Interstate 235/US 54 and l-235/Central Avenue Interchange, Wichita, KS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$1,000,000 Sen. Sam Brownback (-KS)
Sen. Pat Roberts (-KS)
Wichita, Kansas
View earmark details 2010 Kansas Regional Community Policing Institute
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$650,000 Sen. Pat Roberts (-KS) Wichita, Kansas Wichita State University
View earmark details 2008 Kansas Regional Community Policing Institute
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$564,000 Sen. Sam Brownback (-KS) Kansas
View earmark details 2008 Karnal bunt
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$541,000 Rep. Nancy Boyda (-KS)
Rep. Dennis Moore (-KS)
Sen. Jerry Moran (-KS)
...more
Manhattan, Kansas
View earmark details 2009 Karnal Bunt, Manhattan, KS
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$508,000 Rep. Nancy Boyda (-KS)
Sen. Jerry Moran (-KS)
Sen. Sam Brownback (-KS)
...more
Manhattan, Kansas
View earmark details 2010 Laser Peening for Friction Stir Welded Aerospace Structures
(Defense)
$1,600,000 Sen. Pat Roberts (-KS) Wichita, Kansas Metal Improvement Co.
View earmark details 2009 Laser Peening for Friction Stir Welded Aerospace Structures
(Defense)
$1,600,000 No additional sponsors indicated Wichita, Kansas
View earmark details 2008 Laser Peening for Friction Stir Welded (FSW) Aerospace Structures
(Defense)
$1,000,000 Sen. Pat Roberts (-KS) Wichita, Kansas Curtiss-Wright Corp.
View earmark details 2009 Life Support Radio Test Sets for the Air National Guard
(Defense)
$1,000,000 Sen. Sam Brownback (-KS) Witchita, Kansas Kansas Air National Guard
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