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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wheeling Park Commission for a conference center at National Training Center for Public Facility Managers
(Financial Services)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Wheeling, West Virginia Recipients Wheeling (W.Va.) Park Commission
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wheeling, WV Police Department
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $70,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) Locations Wheeling, West Virginia Recipients City of Wheeling, W.Va.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description White Sulphur Springs National Fish Hatchery - maintenance and facility improvement
(Interior)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wood Education and Resource Center
(Interior)
Amount $1,647,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Locations West Virginia Recipients Wood Education and Resource Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wood Utilization
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $4,841,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Former Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC)
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Locations Idaho; Maine; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; North Carolina; Oregon; Tennessee; West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description World Vision Appalachia at-risk youth programming, Moatsville, WV
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $141,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) Locations Moatsville, West Virginia Recipients World Vision Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description WV Statewide Flood Warning System
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV)
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description WVU Exhaust Emission Testing Initiative
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $764,400 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Youth Science Leadership Institute of the Americas
(State-Foreign Ops)
Amount $149,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Charleston, West Virginia Recipients Youth Science Leadership Institute of the Americas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Youth Services System, Inc. atrisk youth program, Wheeling, WV
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Alan Mollohan (D-WV) Locations Wheeling, West Virginia Recipients

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