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Where are this year's earmarks
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) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Tennessee National Wildlife Refuge - plan and design office and visitor center
(Interior)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Tanner (D-TN)
Former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Locations Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Cognitive Radio Institute
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) Locations Cookeville, Tennessee Recipients Tennessee Technological University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Tennessee Public Transit Administration Rural Transportation Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Tanner (D-TN) Locations Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Beaver Creek & Tribs, Bristol
(Energy and Water)
Amount $787,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)
Former Rep. David Davis (R-TN)
Former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
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Locations Bristol, Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description East Chester Street Improvement, TN
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $785,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Locations Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN for the Center for Leadership in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education, including purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $770,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN) Locations Chattanooga, Tennessee Recipients University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Memphis Bioworks Foundation, TN for construction of the UT-Baptist Research Park in the downtown Memphis Medical Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $760,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) Locations Memphis, Tennessee Recipients Memphis Bioworks Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Jackson, Offender Management/Teen Crime Project
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $755,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Tanner (D-TN)
Former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Locations Jackson, Tennessee Recipients City of Jackson, Tenn.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Teen Crime Prevention Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $752,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Tanner (D-TN) Locations Jackson, Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Center at Tennessee Tech University
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $752,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) Locations Tennessee Recipients Tennessee Technological University

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