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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

(desc)

Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Summersville Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,594,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Jennings Randolph Lake, MD & WV
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,590,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Bluestone Lake, WV
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,579,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)
Locations Bluestone Lake, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachian Fruit Lab
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,529,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Kearneysville, West Virginia Recipients Appalachian Fruit Research Station
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description New River Gorge National Scenic River
(Interior)
Amount $1,521,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Road improvements for the Monongahela National Forest
(Interior)
Amount $1,521,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Non-Gasoline Burning Outboard Engine
(Defense)
Amount $1,520,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV)
Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
Locations West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University; Two Stroke International
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Marshall University for the Bioengineering and Biomanufacturing Institute
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,508,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Greenbrier River Basin
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Conservation Training Center - telecommunications infrastructure and roads
(Interior)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients

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