Most Expensive Earmarks
| Earmark Details | Year | Description (Bill) |
Amount (desc) |
Sponsors | Locations | Receiving Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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2009 |
Vehicle Maintenance Shops (Military Construction) |
$81,000,000 |
President Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison ( -TX) |
Fort Bliss, Texas | |
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2008 |
Peer Reviewed Prostate Cancer Research Program (Defense) |
$80,000,000
|
Sen. Daniel Akaka ( -HI)Sen. Evan Bayh ( -IN)Sen. Joseph Biden Jr ( -DE)...more |
Unknown Location | |
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2008 |
Center for advanced aviation systems development (CAASD) (Transportation and Housing & Urban Development) |
$80,000,000 | President (solo) | Virginia | |
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2008 |
Aircraft Survivability Equipment (Defense) |
$80,000,000 | Committee initiative | Unknown Location | |
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2009 |
Fund multi-band receivers (Defense Supplemental) |
$80,000,000 | No sponsor indicated | Unknown Location | |
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2009 |
Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery (Commerce, Justice & Science) |
$80,000,000 | No sponsor indicated | Unknown Location; Oregon; California; Idaho; Alaska | |
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2009 |
Economic Order Quantity (Defense) |
$79,000,000 | No sponsor indicated | Unknown Location | |
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2009 |
Brigade Complex (Military Construction) |
$79,000,000 |
President Sen. Pat Roberts ( -KS) |
Fort Riley, Kansas | |
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2008 |
Weber County to Salt Lake City Commuter Rail (Transportation and Housing & Urban Development) |
$78,400,000 |
President Rep. Rob Bishop ( -UT)Sen. Robert Bennett ( -UT)Sen. Orrin Hatch ( -UT)...more |
Utah | |
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2008 |
Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension (Transportation and Housing & Urban Development) |
$78,400,000 |
President Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard ( -CA)Sen. Barbara Boxer ( -CA)Sen. Dianne Feinstein ( -CA)...more |
Los Angeles, California | |
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2008 |
I-205/Portland Mall Light Rail (Transportation and Housing & Urban Development) |
$78,400,000 |
President Rep. Darlene Hooley ( -OR)Sen. Gordon Smith ( -OR)Sen. Ron Wyden ( -OR)...more |
Portland, Oregon | |
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2009 |
Center for Advanced Aviation Systems Development (CAASD) (Transportation and Housing & Urban Development) |
$78,000,000 | No sponsor indicated | Virginia | |
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2009 |
West Wing Infrastructure Systems Replacement (Financial Services) |
$76,487,000 | President (solo) | Washington, District of Columbia | |
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2009 |
Infrastructure Expansion (Military Construction) |
$76,000,000 |
President Sen. Daniel Inouye ( -HI) |
Schofield Barracks, Hawaii | |
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2009 |
BMT Recruit Dormitory (Military Construction) |
$75,515,000 |
President Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison ( -TX) |
Lackland AFB, Texas | |
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