Ending the Earmark ATM

Congress disclosed 11,234 earmarks worth $14.8 billion in this year’s spending bills. An additional $3.5 billion worth of earmarks were added with no sponsor identified. The $18.3 billion worth of earmarks in the fiscal year 2008 spending bills represents a 23 percent cut in total earmarks from the high water mark of 2005, but a smaller cut than the 50 percent reduction House leadership initially set as its goal.

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DATABASE RESOURCES

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ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS RESOURCES

AGRICULTURE
Final Bill Text | Final Bill Report | Earmark Disclosure List | TCS House Database | TCS Senate Database

COMMERCE/JUSTICE/SCIENCE
Final Bill Text | Final Bill Report | Earmark Disclosure List | TCS House Database | TCS Senate Database

DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Final Bill Text | Final Bill Report | Earmark Disclosure List | TCS House Database | TCS Senate Database

ENERGY AND WATER
Final Bill Text | Final Bill Report | Earmark Disclosure List | TCS House Database | TCS Senate Database

FINANCIAL SERVICES
Final Bill Text | Final Bill Report | Earmark Disclosure List | TCS House Database | TCS Senate Database

HOMELAND SECURITY
Final Bill Text | Final Bill Report | Earmark Disclosure List | TCS Senate Database

INTERIOR AND ENVIRONMENT
Final Bill Text | Final Bill Report | Earmark Disclosure List | TCS House Database | TCS Senate Database

LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION
Final Bill Text | Final Bill Report | Earmark Disclosure List | TCS House Database | TCS Senate Database

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Final Bill Text | Final Bill Report | Earmark Disclosure List

MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS AFFAIRS
Final Bill Text | Final Bill Report | Earmark Disclosure List | TCS Senate Database

STATE AND FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Final Bill Text | Final Bill Report | Earmark Disclosure List | TCS Senate Database

TRANSPORTATION/HOUSING & URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Final Bill Text | Final Bill Report | Earmark Disclosure List | TCS House Database | TCS Senate Database

COMPLETE OMNIBUS
Bill Intro | Full Bill | Defense Supplemental

OTHER REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General, Memorandum to Ray Simon, Deputy Secretary, Inspection of Active Congressional Earmarks in Fiscal Year 2005, Control Number ED-OIG/I13H0004, September 25, 2007

Department of Transportation Inspector General, Review of Congressional Earmarks Within Department of Transportation Programs, Report Number AV-2007-066, September 7, 2007

U.S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General, Number of and Cost to Award and Manage EPA Earmark Grants, and the Grants’ Impact on the Agency’s Mission, Report No. 2007-P-00024, May 22, 2007

U.S. Department of Agriculture Office of Inspector General Southwest Region, Review of Fiscal Year 2005, Congressional Earmarks, Audit Report 50601-15-Te, March 2007

Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General, EPA Needs to Emphasize Management of Earmark Grants, Report No. 2006-P-00037, September 26, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General, EPA Grants to the National Rural Water Association, Report No. 2006-S-00005, September 12, 2006

Department of Energy Golden Field Office, Memorandum for Alexander A. Karsner, Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Management Control Review, August 29, 2006

Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General, Congressional Request Regarding EPA Grants to the National Rural Water Association, Report No. 2006-S-00003, May 30, 2006

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Inspector General, Office of Audit Services, Financial Assistance for Biomass-to-Ethanol Projects, DOE/IG-0513, July 2001