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Where are this year's earmarks
Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending for Projects in Unknown Locations

* 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 1620 $17,175,050,930
All earmarks 1662* $17,655,732,930*
Earmark Details Year

(desc)

Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2008 Trunked Radio System
(Defense)
$2,500,000 Sen. Sam Brownback (-KS) Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 Tuberculosis Sclerosis Complex (TSC)
(Defense)
$4,000,000 No sponsor indicated Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act Research
(Interior)
$492,000 Sen. Jeff Bingaman (-NM)
Sen. Pete Domenici (-NM)
Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 UCXR System
(Defense)
$3,250,000 Sen. Mel Martinez (-FL) Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 UFR Body Army/SPEAR
(Defense)
$12,100,000 No sponsor indicated Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 UFR Eye Protection/SPEAR
(Defense)
$5,000,000 No sponsor indicated Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 Ultra Light Camouflage Net System [ULCANS]
(Defense)
$2,400,000 Rep. Bob Etheridge (-NC)
Sen. Elizabeth Dole (-NC)
Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 Ultra Low Power Electronics for Special Purpose Computers
(Defense)
$1,040,000 Sen. Larry Craig (-ID)
Sen. Mike Crapo (-ID)
Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 Undersea Launched Missile Study
(Defense)
$5,000,000 Rep. Joe Courtney (-CT)
Rep. Jim Langevin (-RI)
Sen. Chris Dodd (-CT)
...more
Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 Undersea Perimeter Security Integrated Defense Environment
(Defense)
$2,800,000 Rep. Patrick Kennedy (-RI)
Sen. Jack Reed (-RI)
Unknown Location
1662 results

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