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Analysis of Selected Provisions in Hurricane Sandy Emergency Spending Proposals
December 17, 2012
Reports & Data
Subsidizing Oil Shale: Tracing Federal Support for Oil Shale Development in the United States
November 29, 2012
House Commerce Justice Science Spending Bill: 1,126 Earmarks, $442,562,000
July 01, 2008 |
The FY 2009 House Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations bill contains 1,126 earmarks worth $442,562,000. That is a decrease of 13... 
House Labor-HHS Spending Bill: 1,371 Earmarks, $619 Million
June 29, 2008 |
The FY 2009 House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations bill contains 1371 earmarks for a total cost of $619,187,000. The number of projects...
$57 million in earmarks in the House 2009 Financial Services spending bill
June 26, 2008 |
The 2009 House Financial Services Appropriations bill contains 197 earmarks for a total of $57 million (click here to see the database)....
$197 Million in Homeland Security Earmarks in Senate Spending Bill
June 25, 2008 |
The Senate version of the 2009 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill includes 19 congressional earmarks for a total of...
House Defense Authorization Earmarks Jump From Last Year
June 12, 2008 |
A bill recently passed by the House increases the number of Defense Authorization earmarks by more than 20% from last year, according to...
Database of Congressional Earmarks for FY2008
June 10, 2008 |
**First posted Feb. 14, 2008**
Taxpayers for Common Sense (TCS) staff and interns have devoted thousands of hours to researching,...
Ending the Earmark ATM: Despite Reforms, Earmarks Continue to Thrive
June 05, 2008 |
Congress disclosed 11,234 earmarks worth $14.8 billion in this year’s spending bills. An additional $3.5 billion worth of earmarks were...
Transportation Committee Discloses New Earmarks
May 25, 2008 |
The earmark disclosure debutantes are making their way to the floor today in the technical correction bill for SAFETEA-LU (H.R....
Senate Cuts Transportation Earmarks
April 06, 2008 |
The FY09 Senate appropriations bill providing money for transportation and Housing and Urban Development projects contains 609 earmarks...
Earmarks Moratorium, Budget Resolution and Sen. Reid
March 10, 2008 |
Things on a earmark moratorium/reform are very fluid. We are hearing that Speaker Pelosi’s frustration with the earmark issue may end up...
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