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View earmark details Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) - Earmarks Requested

Died in Office, June 28, 2010 • Alternate Name: Robert Carlyle Byrd
All     Solo     With Other Members     
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     Number 277 Cost $933,540,838
With Other Members          Number 53 Cost $150,500,500
All Congressional                Number 330 Cost $1,084,041,338
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 343* Cost $1,196,603,338*
Earmark Details Year

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Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description C-5 Final Infrastructure Upgrade
(Military Construction)
Amount $5,176,000 Sponsors President * Locations Eastern West Virginia Regional Airport - Shepherd Field, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Bluestone Lake (Dam Safety Assurance)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $11,808,000 Sponsors President * Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Big Sandy Tri-State Watershed Inventory and Analysis
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $287,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients West Virginia Conservation Agency
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Autonomous Maritime Navigation Program
(Defense)
Amount $4,800,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description ASSET eWing and Data Fusion Technology Integration Base
(Defense)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Aquaculture Product and Marketing Development
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $521,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachian Small Farmer Outreach Program/Risk Management Initiative
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $717,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients Natural Resources Conservation Service West Virginia
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachian Fruit Lab
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,529,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Kearneysville, West Virginia Recipients Appalachian Fruit Research Station
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachia Service Project Home Repair Program, repair of low and moderate income housing
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description American Optometric Association, for the InfantSee program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $430,000 Sponsors Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) Locations Alexandria, Virginia Recipients American Optometric Association

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