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Few rules when foreign governments fund Congressional travel

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

View earmark details Earmark Spending in New York

* 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 1749 $1,284,183,622
All earmarks 1871* $4,096,087,665*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2009 Skaneateles and Owasco Lake Watersheds, New York
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$216,000 Rep. Jim Walsh (-NY) New York
View earmark details 2009 Viticulture Consortium, CA, NY, PA
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$1,454,000 Rep. Mike Arcuri (-NY)
Rep. Sam Farr (-CA)
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (-NY)
...more
New York; Pennsylvania National Viticulture Consortium
View earmark details 2009 Watershed Agricultural Council, New York
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$480,000 Rep. Maurice Hinchey (-NY) New York Watershed Agricultural Council
View earmark details 2009 Wood Biomass as an Alternative Farm Product, NY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$131,000 Rep. Jim Walsh (-NY) New York
View earmark details 2010 Center for Grape Genetics, Geneva, NY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$3,654,000 Rep. Mike Arcuri (-NY)
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (-NY)
Sen. Kirsten Rutnik Gillibrand (-NY)
...more
Geneva, New York
View earmark details 2010 Animal Vaccines, Greenport, NY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$1,518,000 Rep. Rosa DeLauro (-CT) Greenport, New York
View earmark details 2010 Pace University Land Use Law Center, White Plains, NY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$133,000 Rep. Nita Lowey (-NY) White Plains, New York
View earmark details 2010 Apple Fire Blight, MI, NY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$346,000 Rep. Vern Ehlers (-MI)
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (-NY)
Rep. Pete Hoekstra (-MI)
...more
New York
View earmark details 2010 Computational Agriculture, NY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$131,000 Rep. Maurice Hinchey (-NY) New York
View earmark details 2010 Environmental Research, NY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
$258,000 Rep. Maurice Hinchey (-NY) New York
1871 results

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )