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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 2008 Description Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
(Interior)
Amount $699,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients Harper's Ferry National Historical Park
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Kanawha County School System, for the continuation of Following the Leaders Program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $699,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Kanawha County, West Virginia Recipients Kanawha County (W.Va.) Schools
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Glenville State College Criminal Justice Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $705,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) Locations Glenville State College, West Virginia Recipients Glenville (W.Va.) State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Hope Community Development Corporation, Charleston, WV, for purchasing existing dilapidated properties for the construction of new homes
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Locations Charleston, West Virginia Recipients HOPE Community Development Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachian Small Farmer Outreach Program/Risk Management Initiative
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $717,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients Natural Resources Conservation Service West Virginia
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Central West Virginia, WV
(Energy and Water)
Amount $727,000 Sponsors Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Appalachia Service Project, Brenton, WV, For a home repair program for low-income families in Southern West Virginia
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $730,500 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Brenton, West Virginia Recipients Appalachia Service Project
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Potomac Watershed River South Branch Project
(Interior)
Amount $738,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description West Virginia Department of Natural Resources Stream Restoration Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) Locations Charlestown, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mingo County Commission, Mingo County Air Transportation Park Water Project
(Interior)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients Mingo County, W.Va.

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