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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)

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Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, for the Translational Genomic Research Institute
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $3,996,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description American Federation for the Blind Technology and Employment Center, Huntington, WV, to expand the capacity of the AFB-TECH center for development of technology for the blind
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients AFB TECH
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Marshall University for the construction of a patient care and clinical training site in Southwestern West Virginia
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,801,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description United Mine Workers of America, classroom and simulated rescue training for mine rescue teams
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,162,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) Locations Washington, West Virginia Recipients United Mine Workers of America
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Tennessee, Baker Center for Public Policy
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $4,790,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Locations Knoxville, Tennessee Recipients Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Vermont, to establish the Educational Excellence program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,874,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI)
Former Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
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Locations Burlington, Vermont Recipients University of Vermont
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description West Virginia Prevention Resource Center, South Charleston, WV, for drug abuse prevention
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations South Charleston, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia Prevention Resource Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description West Virginia University, for the construction of a Multiple Sclerosis Center.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $3,491,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Morgantown, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Ohio Valley Medical Center, Wheeling, WV, for construction, renovation and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $5,709,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Wheeling, West Virginia Recipients Ohio Valley Medical Center (Wheeling, W.Va.)
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

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