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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in North Carolina

* 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. 644 Total Amount $722,443,480
All earmarks No. 801* Total Amount $3,418,476,480*
Earmark Details Year

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Andrews-Murphy Airport expansion
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,470,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC)
Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
Locations Murphy, North Carolina Recipients Western Carolina Regional Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachian Regional Commission
(Energy and Water)
Amount $71,863,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Georgia; Kentucky; Maryland; Mississippi; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia Recipients Appalachian Regional Commission
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachian State University Biofuels and Biomass Research Initiative
(Energy and Water)
Amount $295,000 Sponsors Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
Former Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC)
Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
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Locations North Carolina Recipients Appalachian State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Aquaculture
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $242,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC)
Former Rep. David Price (D-NC)
Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
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Locations North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Aquatic Plant Control - Lake Gaston
(Energy and Water)
Amount $512,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) Locations North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Asheville Replacement Buses
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $294,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) Locations Asheville, North Carolina Recipients City of Asheville, N.C.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Asheville Police Department Fire Range Equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $211,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) Locations Asheville, North Carolina Recipients Asheville (N.C.) Police Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Asheville Police Department Methamphetamine Enforcement
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC) Locations Asheville, North Carolina Recipients Asheville (N.C.) Police Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway
(Energy and Water)
Amount $5,583,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC)
Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
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Locations North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, Norfolk to St. Johns River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Georgia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia Recipients

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