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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Alabama

* Earmarks requested by the president are not included in the member and state rankings to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 No Total Amount
Congressional earmarks No. 728 Total Amount $1,040,840,677
All earmarks No. 761* Total Amount $1,538,956,677*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description To the Helen Keller Birthplace Foundation, for renovation of Ivy Green, the birthplace of Helen Keller
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bud Cramer (D-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Locations Tuscumbia, Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Town of Anderson for equipment and technology upgrades
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $50,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Locations Anderson, Alabama Recipients Town of Anderson, Ala.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Town of Argo, for facilities and equipment for the Senior Citizens' Center for Health and Wellness
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Locations Argo, Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Town of Brantley for law enforcement equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $75,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Terry Everett (R-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Locations Brantley, Alabama Recipients Town of Brantley, Ala.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Town of McIntosh for sewer upgrades and expansion project
(Interior)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) Locations Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Town of Somerville for equipment and technology upgrades
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $65,000 Sponsors Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Locations Somerville, Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tri-state Joint Peanut Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $440,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Terry Everett (R-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL)
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Locations Alabama Recipients Auburn University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Tri-state Joint Peanut Research, AL
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $413,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Terry Everett (R-AL)
Former Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
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Locations Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Tri-state Joint Peanut Research, AL
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $413,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bobby Bright (D-AL) Locations Alabama Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Troy University, for cyber crime prevention and training.
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $493,500 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Locations Troy, Alabama Recipients Troy University

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