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Where are this year's earmarks
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View earmark details Airdropped Earmarks

The term 'airdropped' is used to describe an earmark that is not included in the original legislation as approved by either the House or Senate but is later mysteriously inserted into the conference committee reports, which combine both chambers' versions of the bill.

Earmark Details Year

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle Electrification Program
(Defense)
Amount $3,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Former Rep. John Dingell (D-MI)
Former Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick (D-MI)
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Locations Detroit, Michigan Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Plumbers Local Union 27 & Steamfitters Local Union 449, Coraopolis, PA for the Western Pennsylvania Pipe Trades Regional Training Project
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $190,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA)
Former Rep. Mike Doyle (D-PA)
Former Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA)
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Locations Coraopolis, Pennsylvania Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH, for a collaborative research institute for sustainable rural economies
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $190,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) Locations Plymouth, New Hampshire Recipients Plymouth State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description PMRF Flood Control
(Defense)
Amount $2,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description PMRF Force Protection Lab
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Pocono Medical Center, Stroudsburg, PA, for construction, renovation and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA)
Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA)
Locations Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Recipients Lehigh Valley Hospital-Pocono (East Stroudsburg, Pa.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Pocopson Township Historical Committee, Pocopson, PA for exhibits and curriculum development at the Locust Grove Schoolhouse
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $214,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA) Locations Pocopson, Pennsylvania Recipients Pocopson (Pa.) Historical Committee
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Pocotaugo River & Swamp Restoration, SC
(Energy and Water)
Amount $0 Sponsors Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC)
Former Rep. John Spratt (D-SC)
Locations South Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Point Betsie Lighthouse, Frankfort
(Interior)
Amount $225,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI)
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Locations Michigan Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Point Judith Harbor of Reuge, RI
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,161,000 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) Locations Rhode Island Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Point Marion, Lock and Dam 8, Monongahela River, PA & WV
(Energy and Water)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors President (solo) Locations West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Point Mugu Electronic Warfare Laboratory Upgrade
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-CA) Locations Point Mugu, California Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA, for technology upgrades including the purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) Locations Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Recipients Point Park University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Points North Housing Coalition of Jefferson, Lewis, and St. Lawrence Counties, NY for planning and development of affordable housing, the planning of which shall not consume more than 20 percent of these funds
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $166,250 Sponsors Former Rep. John McHugh (R-NY) Locations Jefferson County, Lewis County, and St Lawrence County, New York Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Polk Community College, Winter Haven, FL for curriculum development and the purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $718,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Winter Haven, Florida Recipients Polk State College

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