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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Alabama

* Earmarks requested by the president are not included in the member and state rankings to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 No Total Amount
Congressional earmarks No. 728 Total Amount $1,040,840,677
All earmarks No. 761* Total Amount $1,538,956,677*
Earmark Details Year

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The City of Clanton for the Water Treatment Plant Upgrade Project
(Interior)
Amount $1,067,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Locations Clanton, Alabama Recipients City of Clanton, Ala.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The City of Glencoe for Storm Drainage and Sewer Repairs
(Interior)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL) Locations Glencoe, Alabama Recipients City of Glencoe, Ala.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The City of Muscle Shoals for Wastewater Infrastructure
(Interior)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bud Cramer (D-AL) Locations Muscle Shoals, Alabama Recipients City of Muscle Shoals, Ala.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The Town of Eva for wastewater treatment facility upgrade project
(Interior)
Amount $295,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) Locations Eva, Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The Town of Somerville for wastewater construction project
(Interior)
Amount $378,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Locations Somerville, Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description To the Helen Keller Birthplace Foundation, for renovation of Ivy Green, the birthplace of Helen Keller
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bud Cramer (D-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Locations Tuscumbia, Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tornado and Hurricane Operations and Research, to improve detection, tracking, and forecasting of tornadic thunderstorms and land-falling hurricanes in the Southeast United States, University of Alabama at Huntsville
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $846,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Locations Huntsville, Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Town of Argo, for facilities and equipment for the Senior Citizens' Center for Health and Wellness
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Locations Argo, Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tri-state Joint Peanut Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $440,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Terry Everett (R-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL)
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Locations Alabama Recipients Auburn University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Troy University, for cyber crime prevention and training.
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $493,500 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Locations Troy, Alabama Recipients Troy University

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