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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)

(desc)

Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description West Virginia University, for the construction and equipping of medical simulation research and training centers in Morgantown, Charleston, and Martinsburg.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,716,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Morgantown, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University
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 Wheeling Jesuit University, Coal slurry impoundment project at the National Technology Transfer Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,163,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Wheeling, West Virginia Recipients Wheeling (W.Va.) University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, Charleston, WV, for facilities and equipment relating to healthcare training
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Charleston, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
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 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 2009 Description Wheeling Jesuit University, Wheeling, WV, for the Mining and Industry Safety Technology and Training Innovation Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,854,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Wheeling, West Virginia Recipients Wheeling (W.Va.) University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, for construction of a Mutiple Sclerosis Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $3,996,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Morgantown, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Clay County School system, for the continuation and expansion of Skills West Virginia programs in counties around West Virginia
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $172,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Clay County, West Virginia Recipients Clay County (W.Va.) Schools
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

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