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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 2008 Description West Virginia Route 2 Improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $7,490,238 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Hope Community Development Corporation, Charleston, WV, for purchasing existing dilapidated properties for the construction of new homes
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Locations Charleston, West Virginia Recipients HOPE Community Development Corp.
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 Elkins Railyard Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Elkins, West Virginia Recipients City of Elkins, W.Va.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description US Route 35
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $392,000 Sponsors Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description King Coal Highway, WV
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $4,750,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Potomac Street Improvement, WV
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,425,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Ritchie County Commission, WV for the completion of the North fork of the Hughes River Watershed Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $617,500 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Ritchie County, West Virginia Recipients Ritchie County, W.Va.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Slide Repair Work along US 60 in Eastern Kanawha County, WV
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $4,750,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Kanawha County, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Access road to the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Raleigh County
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $0 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Beckley, West Virginia, Raleigh, West Virginia Recipients

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