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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 Wheeling Jesuit University, Coal slurry impoundment project at the National Technology Transfer Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,163,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Wheeling, West Virginia Recipients Wheeling (W.Va.) University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Beech Fork Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,162,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Dunlop Creek Watershed Project
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,146,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Stonewall Jackson Lake, WV
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,091,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Stonewall Jackson Lake, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Stonewall Jackson Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,053,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Lower Mud River, Milton, WV
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,050,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Raleigh County Airport, WV
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,045,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) Locations Raleigh County, West Virginia Recipients Raleigh County (W.Va.) Memorial Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Huntington Junior College for an initiative to recruit and train students in closed captioning
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,035,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Huntington (W.Va.) Junior College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lower Mud River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,033,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Locations Milton, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description New River Gorge National River
(Interior)
Amount $1,025,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations New River Gorge National River, West Virginia Recipients

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