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

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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description War-fighter Support Using HELIOS/MSIC
(Defense)
Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bud Cramer (D-AL) Locations Huntsville, Alabama Recipients Radiance Technologies Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Warehouse-Combat Vehicle
(Military Construction)
Amount $9,980,000 Sponsors Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA)
Former Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Former Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
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Locations Albany, Marine Logistics Base, Georgia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Village of Oyster, Northampton County
(Energy and Water)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Rep. Thelma Drake (R-VA)
Former Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
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Locations Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Vermillion River Ecosystem Restoration, Tangipahoa Parish
(Energy and Water)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) Locations Louisiana Recipients Tangipahoa Parish, La.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Urieville Lake, Kent Conrad
(Energy and Water)
Amount $0 Sponsors Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD)
Former Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
Locations Kent Conrad, Maryland Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Urban Training Center Security Fence
(Military Construction)
Amount $4,996,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Baron Hill (D-IN)
Former Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-IN)
Former Sen. Dick Lugar (R-IN)
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Locations Muscatatuck, Indiana Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Urban Assault Course
(Military Construction)
Amount $1,900,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)
Former Rep. Vic Snyder (D-AR)
Former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
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Locations Camp Robinson, Arkansas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Upgrade Base Facilities
(Military Construction)
Amount $5,100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Walsh (R-NY)
Former Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY)
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Locations Hancock Field, New York Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Kentucky, Department of Civil Engineering
(Homeland Security)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients University of Kentucky (Lexington)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Kentucky Tissue Repair Research
(Defense)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients University of Kentucky (Lexington)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Kentucky Robotic Surgery Research
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients University of Kentucky (Lexington)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University Lakes
(Energy and Water)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Rep. Richard Baker (R-LA)
Former Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Locations Baton Rouge, Louisiana Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Paralympic Military Program
(Defense)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
Former Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)
Locations Unknown Location Recipients U.S. Olympic Committee
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Unit Chapel
(Military Construction)
Amount $5,900,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Forbes (R-VA) Locations Fort Lee, Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Training Support Center, Phase I
(Military Construction)
Amount $594,000 Sponsors Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) Locations Fort Eustis, Virginia Recipients

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