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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 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 2008 Description Kanawha County School System, for the continuation of Following the Leaders Program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $699,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Kanawha County, West Virginia Recipients Kanawha County (W.Va.) Schools
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Huntington Junior College for an initiative to recruit and train students in closed captioning
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,035,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Huntington (W.Va.) Junior College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description First Book, for the expansion of programs in West Virginia
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $215,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Washington, District of Columbia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Marshall University for the Virtual Colonoscopy Outreach Program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,360,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Neurosciences Institute, Morgantown, WV, for construction, renovation and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $4,757,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Morgantown, 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
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Marshall University for the Bioengineering and Biomanufacturing Institute
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,508,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description United Mine Workers of America for mine rescue team training activities authorized under the Mine Safety and Health Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,450,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Fairfax, Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description McKelvey Foundation, to an entrepreneurial college scholarships for rural, low-income Pennsylvania and West Virginia high school graduates
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $167,000 Sponsors Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)
Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)
Locations New Wilmington, Pennsylvania Recipients McKelvey Foundation

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