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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Pennsylvania

* 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. 1818 Total Amount $1,566,463,074
All earmarks No. 1921* Total Amount $2,435,123,227*
Earmark Details Year

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Ballistic armor research
(Defense)
Amount $3,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA)
Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)
Locations Allentown, Pennsylvania Recipients Air Products and Chemicals Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Science education programs, including the purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) Locations Allentown, Pennsylvania Recipients Cedar Crest College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description High-speed optical interconnects for next generation supercomputing
(Defense)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA)
Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)
Locations Allentown, Pennsylvania Recipients Lightwire Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Lehigh and Northampton Counties Interoperability Development Project
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA)
Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)
Locations Allentown, Pennsylvania Recipients Allentown (Pa.) Police Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Purchase and equip mobile health clinics
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) Locations Allentown, Pennsylvania Recipients Lehigh Valley Coalition for Kids
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)
Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)
Locations Allentown, Pennsylvania Recipients Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Lehigh Valley hybrid transit bus purchase
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) Locations Allentown, Pennsylvania Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Lehigh Valley Regional Crime Center
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) Locations Allentown, Pennsylvania Recipients Lehigh County, Pa.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Civic engagement and service learning program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA)
Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)
Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)
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Locations Allentown, Pennsylvania Recipients Muhlenberg College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Armed Forces Reserve Center
(Military Construction)
Amount $0 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Allentown, Pennsylvania Recipients

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