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Airdropped Earmarks

The term 'airdropped' is used to describe an earmark that is not included in the original legislation as approved by either the House or Senate but is later mysteriously inserted into the conference committee reports, which combine both chambers' versions of the bill.

Earmark Details	Year	Description (Bill)	Amount (desc)	Sponsors	Locations	Receiving Organization
	2009	University Link LRT Extension, WA (Transportation and Housing & Urban Development)	$100,000,000	President Sen. Patty Murray (-WA)	Washington
	2009	Infrastructure, IBCT2 (Military Construction)	$100,000,000	President Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (-TX)	Fort Bliss, Texas
	2009	Infrastructure, IBCT1 (Military Construction)	$98,000,000	President Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (-TX)	Fort Bliss, Texas
	2009	Trainee Barracks Complex (Military Construction)	$96,000,000	President Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (-TX) Rep. Lamar Smith (-TX)	Fort Sam Houston, Texas
	2009	Barracks & Dining Incr 1 (Military Construction)	$94,000,000	President Sen. Ken Salazar (-CO) Sen. Wayne Allard (-CO)	Fort Carson, Colorado
	2009	Company Operations Facilities (Military Construction)	$93,000,000	President Sen. Ken Salazar (-CO) Sen. Wayne Allard (-CO)	Fort Carson, Colorado
	2009	Central Phoenix/East Valley Light Rail (Transportation and Housing & Urban Development)	$91,800,000	President Rep. Ed Pastor (-AZ) Rep. Harry Mitchell (-AZ)	Phoenix, Arizona
	2009	South Florida Everglades Ecosystem Restoration, FL Central and Southern, FL (Energy & Water)	$91,615,000	President Sen. Bill Nelson (-FL) Sen. Mel Martinez (-FL) Rep. Ron Klein (-FL) ...more	Florida
	2009	Trainee Barracks Complex (Military Construction)	$90,000,000	President Sen. Jim Webb (-VA) Sen. John Warner (-VA) Rep. J Randy Forbes (-VA) ...more	Fort Lee, Virginia
	2009	Company Operations Facilities, BCT1 (Military Construction)	$90,000,000	President Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (-TX)	Fort Bliss, Texas
	2009	Company Operations Facilities, BCT (Military Construction)	$90,000,000	President Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (-TX)	Fort Bliss, Texas
	2009	Dallas Area Rapid Transit Northwest/Southeast Light Rail MOS (Transportation and Housing & Urban Development)	$87,974,716	President Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (-TX) Sen. John Cornyn (-TX) Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (-TX) ...more	Dallas, Texas
	2009	New York and New Jersey Harbor, NY & NJ (Energy & Water)	$86,127,000	President Sen. Charles Schumer (-NY) Sen. Robert Menendez (-NJ) Sen. Frank Lautenberg (-NJ) ...more	New York
	2009	Vehicle Maintenance Shops (Military Construction)	$84,000,000	President Sen. Ken Salazar (-CO) Sen. Wayne Allard (-CO)	Fort Carson, Colorado
	2009	Columbia River Fish Mitigation (Energy & Water)	$83,256,000	Sen. Patty Murray (-WA)	Washington
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Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )