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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Sen. Richard Shelby (-Alabama) - Earmarks Requested
In Office
Alternate Name: Richard Craig Shelby

 
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                     202 $426,234,050
With Other Members          235 $496,533,900
All Congressional                437 $922,767,950
All Sponsored Earmarks      451* $1,315,957,950*
Earmark Details Year

(desc)

Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2009 City of Prattville for equipment and technology upgrades
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$400,000 No additional sponsors indicated PrattviUe, Alabama City of Prattville, Ala.
View earmark details 2009 City of Tarrant, for streetscaping and pedestrian walkways to support proposed economic development plans
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$380,000 No additional sponsors indicated Tarrant, Alabama City of Tarrant, Ala.
View earmark details 2009 Close Combat Missile Modernization (Javelin)
(Defense)
$3,700,000 Rep. Corrine Brown (-FL)
Rep. Terry Everett (-AL)
Sen. Jeff Sessions (-AL)
...more
Troy, Alabama
View earmark details 2009 Collection Management Tool Development
(Defense)
$1,440,000 Rep. Robert Aderholt (-AL)
Rep. Bud Cramer (-AL)
Huntsville, Alabama
View earmark details 2009 Enhanced Rapid Tactical Integration and Fielding Systems (ERTIFS)
(Defense)
$1,600,000 Sen. Jeff Sessions (-AL) Unknown Location
View earmark details 2009 Extremely Large, Domestic Expendable and Reusable Structures Manufacturing Center (ELDERS)
(Defense)
$8,000,000 Rep. Bud Cramer (-AL)
Sen. Thad Cochran (-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (-MS)
...more
Iuka, Mississippi
View earmark details 2009 Future TOC Hardware/Software Integration
(Defense)
$2,000,000 Rep. Terry Everett (-AL)
Sen. Jeff Sessions (-AL)
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama
View earmark details 2009 Greene County Industrial Board, for industrial park development
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$285,000 No additional sponsors indicated Greene County, Alabama
View earmark details 2009 Baldwin County Bus and Bus Facilities Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$950,000 No additional sponsors indicated Baldwin County, Alabama Baldwin County, Ala.
View earmark details 2009 City of Alexander City for water transmission main extension project
(Interior)
$550,000 Rep. Mike Rogers (-AL) Alexander City, Alabama Alexander City, Ala.
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