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Where are this year's earmarks
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) Amount

(desc)

Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lost River Watershed Project
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,829,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients Natural Resources Conservation Service West Virginia
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Potomac River Watershed South Branch Project
(Interior)
Amount $3,670,000 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 Operation Systems Center
(Homeland Security)
Amount $3,600,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Planning and Design of Coast Guard Operations Systems Center (OSC) expansion
(Homeland Security)
Amount $3,600,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Kearneysville, West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Operations Systems Center, WV
(Homeland Security)
Amount $3,600,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Operations Systems Center, WV
(Homeland Security)
Amount $3,600,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description West Virginia University Forensic Science Initiative, Morgantown, WV, for the Forensic Science Initiative
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $3,572,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Morgantown, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tygart Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,528,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description West Virginia University, for the construction of a Multiple Sclerosis Center.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $3,491,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) Locations Morgantown, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description West Virginia Sheriffs' Association to purchase visualization technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $3,400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV)
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Locations Charleston, West Virginia Recipients West Virginia Sheriffs' Association

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