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

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Maryland

* 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 725 $1,154,859,724
All earmarks 795* $3,472,730,724*
Earmark Details Year

(desc)

Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2010 RDTE Support Facility, Ph 2
(Military Construction)
$6,520,000 Rep. Chris Van Hollen (-MD)
Sen. Ben Cardin (-MD)
Carderock Naval Surface Warfare Center DET, Maryland
View earmark details 2010 MD 404 Improvements in Caroline, Talbot, and Queen Anne's Counties, MD
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$950,000 Rep. Frank Kratovil (-MD)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (-MD)
Carolina, Talbot, Queen Anne's Counties, Maryland
View earmark details 2010 Charles County, MD, for installation of plumbing in low-income housing
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$292,200 Rep. Steny Hoyer (-MD)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (-MD)
Charles County, Maryland Charles County, Md.
View earmark details 2010 The Town of Chesapeake Beach for WWTP Enhanced Nutrient Removal Upgrade and Expansion
(Interior)
$700,000 Rep. Steny Hoyer (-MD) Chesapeake Beach, Maryland Town of Chesapeake Beach, Md.
View earmark details 2010 AN/PRC-148 MBITR/JTRS Enhanced MBITR
(Defense)
$4,000,000 Sen. Barbara Mikulski (-MD) Clarksburg, Maryland Thales Communications Inc.
View earmark details 2010 Development of Earth System Information Delivery and Assessment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$150,000 Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (-MD)
Rep. Steny Hoyer (-MD)
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (-MD)
...more
College Park, Maryland University of Maryland, College Park
View earmark details 2010 Fuel Cell Hybrid Battery Manufacturing for Defense Operations
(Defense)
$800,000 Sen. Ben Cardin (-MD)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (-MD)
College Park, Maryland Ballard Power Systems Inc.
View earmark details 2010 Joint Heavy-Lift Rotocraft Research
(Defense)
$1,000,000 Rep. Steny Hoyer (-MD) College Park, Maryland University of Maryland, College Park
View earmark details 2010 Personalized Medicine Initiative
(Defense)
$2,400,000 Rep. Donna Edwards (-MD) College Park, Maryland University of Maryland, College Park
View earmark details 2010 Howard Community College, Columbia, MD, for facilities and equipment related to healthcare workforce training
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$1,000,000 Sen. Ben Cardin (-MD)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (-MD)
Columbia, Maryland Howard Community College (Columbia, Md.)
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