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Where are this year's earmarks
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View earmark details 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

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mid Jordan Light Rail Extension, UT
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $20,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT)
Former Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
Locations Utah Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Metrorail Orange Line Extension Project, FL
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $20,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Former Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL)
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Locations Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Honolulu High Capacity Transit Corridor Project, HI
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $20,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Former Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
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Locations Hawaii Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Central Corridor Light Rail Transit Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $20,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN)
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN)
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Locations Minnesota Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant
(Defense)
Amount $20,000,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Historically Black Colleges and Universities
(Defense)
Amount $20,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Former Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Communications system
(Homeland Security)
Amount $20,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Columbia & Lower Willamette River Below Vancouver & Portland
(Energy and Water)
Amount $19,662,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA)
Former Rep. David Wu (D-OR)
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)
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Locations Vancouver, Washington Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Denali Commission to support health projects and economic development activities for the arctic region under the Denali Commission Act of 1998
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $19,642,000 Sponsors Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) Locations Alaska Recipients Denali Commission
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Applied Instruction Facility (MAWTS)
(Military Construction)
Amount $19,490,000 Sponsors President
Former Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
Locations Yuma, Arizona Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mid-City Rapid, San Diego, CA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $19,485,000 Sponsors President
Former Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Locations San Diego, California Recipients City of San Diego, Calif.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Sims Bayou, Houston, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $19,426,000 Sponsors President
Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description CVP, Delta Division
(Energy and Water)
Amount $19,292,000 Sponsors President (solo) Locations California Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Army Reserve Center
(Military Construction)
Amount $19,199,000 Sponsors President
Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI)
Locations Fort Shatter, Hawaii Recipients U.S. Army Reserve
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description NSAW Campus Utility Chilled Water Backup
(Military Construction)
Amount $19,100,000 Sponsors President
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Former Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Locations Fort Meade, Maryland Recipients

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