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

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Virginia

* 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. 826 Total Amount $1,284,348,102
All earmarks No. 992* Total Amount $4,724,647,210*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description American Optometric Association, for the InfantSee program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $430,000 Sponsors Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Locations Alexandria, Virginia Recipients American Optometric Association
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Newport News, VA for acquisition, demolition and relocation activities, and capital improvements of dilapidated housing
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $432,250 Sponsors Former Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)
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Locations Newport News, Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Greater Richmond Transit Company Bus Operations and Maintenance Facility
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $441,000 Sponsors Former Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)
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Locations Virginia Recipients Greater Richmond Transit Co.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Horseshoe Crab Research, for continued research projects deemed essential for effective, science-based management of this critically important species
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $446,500 Sponsors Former Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Locations Virginia Tech, Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description John Smith Water Trail, installation of interactive buoys marking the John Smith National Water Trail on the Chesapeake Bay, The Conservation Fund
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $446,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD)
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-MD)
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)
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Locations Arlington, Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Trawl Survey-Chesapeake Bay, to establish population assessments of juvenile marine and estuarine fish and invertebrates
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $446,500 Sponsors Former Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Former Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA)
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Locations Chesapeake Bay, Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description GRTC Downtown Multimodal Center, Richmond, VA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $450,000 Sponsors Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)
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Locations Richmond, Virginia Recipients Greater Richmond Transit Co.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge
(Interior)
Amount $453,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jo Ann Davis (R-VA)
Former Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
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Locations Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Norfolk Harbor and Channels (Deepening), VA
(Energy and Water)
Amount $460,000 Sponsors Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Locations Norfolk, Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alleghany County Sheriff's Department
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $470,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) Locations Alleghany, Virginia Recipients Alleghany County (Va.) Sheriff's Office

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