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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in West Virginia

* 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. 555 Total Amount $1,219,177,332
All earmarks No. 600* Total Amount $1,613,890,332*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
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 Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Clay County, West Virginia Recipients Clay County (W.Va.) Schools
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)
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Huntington (W.Va.) Junior College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description James Rumsey Technical Institute for the Automotive Technology Program, including purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Locations Martinsburg, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Kanawha County School System, for the continuation of Following the Leaders Program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $699,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Kanawha County, West Virginia Recipients Kanawha County (W.Va.) Schools
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Marshall University for the Bioengineering and Biomanufacturing Institute
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,508,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Marshall University for the construction of a patient care and clinical training site in Southwestern West Virginia
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,801,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Marshall University for the Virtual Colonoscopy Outreach Program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,360,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Huntington, West Virginia Recipients Marshall University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mountain State University for the construction of the Allied Health Technology Tower
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $3,104,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Beckley, West Virginia Recipients Mountain State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Preston Memorial Hospital, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $287,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) Locations Kingwood, West Virginia Recipients Mon Health Preston Memorial Hospital (Kingwood, W.Va.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Schoenbaum Family Enrichment Center, for its Enterprise Development Initiative
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $239,000 Sponsors Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) Locations Charleston, West Virginia Recipients

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