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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 Robert C Byrd Locks and Dam, Ohio River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $905,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)
Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wetzel County Hospital, for the expansion and remolding of the Emergency Department.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $862,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Wetzel, West Virginia Recipients Wetzel County (W.Va.) Hospital
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Computer Forensics Initiative
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $855,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description C-5 Taxiway Upgrade
(Military Construction)
Amount $850,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Martinsburg AB, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Trails
(Interior)
Amount $850,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Canaan Valley, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Distance Learning program at Fairmont State University
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $846,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) Locations Fairmont, West Virginia Recipients Fairmont State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Aluminum Armor Project
(Defense)
Amount $840,000 Sponsors Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Locations Ravenswood, West Virginia Recipients Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood LLC
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Stonewall Jackson Lake, WV
(Energy and Water)
Amount $838,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Marshall University to support a training initiative for personnel in the area of computer crime investigations
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $825,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Monongahela National Forest Road Improvements
(Interior)
Amount $825,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )