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

View earmark details Earmark Spending in West 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. 555 Total Amount $1,219,177,332
All earmarks No. 600* Total Amount $1,613,890,332*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Jefferson County Convention & Visitors Bureau (JCCVB), Harpers Ferry Interpretative Welcome Center building construction
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Locations Jefferson County, West Virginia Recipients Jefferson County (W.Va.) Convention and Visitors Bureau
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description FIRS, Parsons Lab Renovation
(Interior)
Amount $254,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Parsons, West Virginia Recipients U.S. Forest Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Marshall University Research Corporation, Huntington, WV for the College of Information Technology and Engineering, which may include equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $257,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Marshall University Research Corporation, Huntington, WV for the Visualization Resource Center, which may include equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $257,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mercer County Health Department, Bluefield, WV for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $257,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) Locations Bluefield, West Virginia Recipients Mercer County (W.Va.) Health Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Youth Science Foundation
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $258,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients National Youth Science Academy
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Summers County Commission, for facilities and equipment for the Appalachian Regional Healthcare Hospital
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $268,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) Locations Hinton, West Virginia Recipients Summers County, W.Va.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Upper Guyandotte River, WV
(Energy and Water)
Amount $269,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Locations Guyandotte River, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description World Vision Appalachia At-risk Youth Programming
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $275,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) Locations Philippi, West Virginia Recipients World Vision Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
(Interior)
Amount $275,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Recipients

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