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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Tennessee

* 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. 362 Total Amount $886,987,900
All earmarks No. 411* Total Amount $1,746,046,147*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Middle Tennessee State University, for research and education regarding ways of increasing physical activity and fitness among children and adolescents
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $335,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) Locations Murfreesboro, Tennessee Recipients Middle Tennessee State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Overton County Library, for collections, technology, and education programs
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $239,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) Locations Livingston, Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Regional Children's Hospital, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. David Davis (R-TN) Locations Johnson City, Tennessee Recipients Niswonger Children's Hospital (Johnson City, Tenn.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Southwest Tennessee Community College, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $307,000 Sponsors Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) Locations Memphis, Tennessee Recipients Southwest Tennessee Community College (Memphis, Tenn.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tennessee State University, for construction, renovation, and equipment of an animal research facility for biomedical research.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Locations Nashville, Tennessee Recipients Tennessee State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Memphis, Memphis, TN for facilities and equipment for the community health building
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $307,000 Sponsors Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) Locations Memphis, Tennessee Recipients University of Memphis
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Tennessee Health Science Center, for equipment at the regional biocontainment laboratory.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $239,000 Sponsors Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN)
Former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Locations Memphis, Tennessee Recipients University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Tennessee of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN for a low birth weight study
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $383,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN) Locations Chattanooga, Tennessee Recipients University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
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Locations Knoxville, Tennessee Recipients Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Austin Peay State University, for a math and science initiative
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $476,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Tanner (D-TN) Locations Clarksville, Tennessee Recipients Austin Peay State University

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