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Where are this year's earmarks 
Fiscal Year(s)
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 | 826 | $1,284,348,102 |
| All earmarks | 992* | $4,724,647,210* |
| Earmark Details | Year | Description (Bill) |
Amount (asc) |
Sponsors | Locations | Receiving Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
2008 |
Buena Vista Watershed (Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA) |
$62,000 |
Rep. Bob Goodlatte  -VA) |
Virginia | |
|
|
2008 |
Bedford Ride, for a program to assist seniors (Labor-HHS-Education) |
$67,000 |
Rep. Virgil Hamlin Goode -VA) |
Bedford, Virginia | |
|
|
2008 |
Marymount University, for a project to provide health screenings, referrals and health education at a nurse managed health center for minority populations (Labor-HHS-Education) |
$67,000 |
Rep. Jim Moran  -VA) |
Arlington, Virginia | Marymount University |
|
|
2010 |
Suffolk Police Department Technology Enhancement Initiative (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$70,000 |
Rep. Randy Forbes -VA) |
Suffolk, Virginia | City of Suffolk, Va. |
|
|
2010 |
Dismal Swamp & Dismal Swamp Canal, VA (Energy and Water) |
$70,000 |
Rep. Randy Forbes -VA) Sen. Mark Warner -VA)Sen. Jim Webb -VA)...more |
Dismal Swamp, Virginia | |
|
|
2008 |
Beth EI House for social services and transitional housing for formerly homeless women and their children (Labor-HHS-Education) |
$72,000 |
Rep. Jim Moran -VA) |
Alexandria, Virginia | |
|
|
2009 |
Wayne Gomes Youth Baseball Diversity Foundation (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$75,000 |
Rep. Bobby Scott -VA) |
Suffolk, Virginia | Wayne Gomes Youth Baseball Diversity Foundation |
|
|
2010 |
Fort Ward Park preservation (Interior) |
$75,000 |
Rep. Jim Moran -VA) |
Alexandria, Virginia | City of Alexandria, Va. |
|
|
2008 |
Isle of Wight County (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$84,600 |
Rep. Randy Forbes -VA) |
Isle of Wight, Virginia | |
|
|
2008 |
United Mine Workers of America, for a fuel-cell coalmine vehicle demonstration project. (Labor-HHS-Education) |
$85,000 |
Sen. Arlen Specter -PA) |
Fairfax, Virginia | United Mine Workers of America |
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Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )
