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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 West Virginia Statewide Airport, Various improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $4,586,400 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Forensic Science Center DNA Laboratory
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $4,575,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Wood Utilization, AK, ID, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, OR, TN, WV
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $4,545,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Former Rep. John Duncan (R-TN)
Former Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC)
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Locations Idaho; Maine; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; North Carolina; Oregon; Tennessee; West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Modified Record Fire Range
(Military Construction)
Amount $4,500,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Locations Camp Dawson, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Marshall University, Forensic Science DNA Laboratory, for forensic lab equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $4,465,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Appalachian Development Highway System Corridor H, WV
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $4,383,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description West Virginia Statewide, WV
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $4,275,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients State of West Virginia
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description BIGFOOT Tag Airborne Receiver
(Defense)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) Locations Fairmont, West Virginia Recipients EWA Government Systems Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description West Virginia University to support a forensic science initiative
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Morgantown, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Combustion light gas gun projectile
(Defense)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Ashton, West Virginia Recipients UTRON Inc.

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