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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 Description (Bill) Amount

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Ohio River Basin Comprehensive Study, WV, KY, OH, PA
(Energy and Water)
Amount $574,000 Sponsors Former Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) Locations Ohio; Pennsylvania; West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Track Stability Technology, Marshall University-University of Nebraska consortium
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $573,300 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients Marshall University; University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Animal Welfare Information Center
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $560,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Beltsville, Maryland Recipients Animal Welfare Information Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Aquaculture Product and Marketing Development, WV
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $550,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Cherry River Basin, WV
(Energy and Water)
Amount $538,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Cherry River Basin, West Virginia 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 2010 Description To expand vision screening programs
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Alexandria, Virginia Recipients American Optometric Association
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Kanawha County Schools, Charleston, WV, for the continuation and expansion of Skills West Virginia
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Charleston, West Virginia Recipients Kanawha County (W.Va.) Schools
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Water Pollutants, WV
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description New River Gorge National River
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients

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