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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 The Children's Center of the Cumberlands, expand the Children's Center and allow expanded service and care for abused children
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $171,500 Sponsors Former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Locations Scott, Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, for construction and renovation
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $476,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Locations Cookeville, Tennessee Recipients Tennessee Technological University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tennessee Technological University Methamphetamine Task Force
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $423,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN) Locations Tennessee Recipients Tennessee Technological University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Tennessee Technological University Center for Teaching & Learning in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)
Former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Locations Cookeville, Tennessee Recipients Tennessee Technological University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tennessee Statewide Methamphetamine Task Force, Chattanooga, TN, for anti-methamphetamine initiatives
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $282,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Former Rep. John Duncan (R-TN)
Former Rep. Bart Gordon (D-TN)
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Locations Chattanooga, Tennessee Recipients Tennessee Dangerous Drugs Task Force
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Tennessee Statewide Bus Program, TN
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $6,625,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lincoln Davis (D-TN)
Former Rep. John Duncan (R-TN)
Former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
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Locations Tennessee Recipients
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 2009 Description Tennessee State Museum
(Interior)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) Locations Tennessee Recipients Tennessee State Museum (Nashville)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Tennessee River, TN
(Energy and Water)
Amount $18,768,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bud Cramer (D-AL) Locations Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Tennessee River, TN
(Energy and Water)
Amount $15,997,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Tennessee River, Tennessee Recipients

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