Congressional earmarks in CT
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 7 provisions worth $6.58M match.
By year
- FY2023 $6.58M · 7
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Christopher Murphy Sen. CT · $5.83M · 6
- Richard Blumenthal Sen. CT · $5.83M · 6
- Jahana Hayes Rep. CT · $750.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Agriculture $6.58M · 7
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | East Windsor Municipal Multi-Service Center Addition and Renovation Town of East Windsor · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $2.75M $2.75M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Town of Winchester Public Works Garage Town of Winchester · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $2.53M |
| 2023 | CJR Expansion of Resources for Agricultural Educational, After-School and Behavioral Health Services for Youth Connecticut Junior Republic Association, Inc · CT | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Representative Jahana Hayes CT | $750.0K |
| 2023 | Monitoring Ticks and Tick-borne Pathogens Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station · CT | Department of Agriculture · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $206.0K $206.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Groundwork Bridgeport for Growing Bridgeport's Urban Forest · CT | Department of Agriculture · State and Private Forestry - Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $154.0K $154.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments for Tree Canopy Assessment · CT | Department of Agriculture · State and Private Forestry - Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $100.0K $100.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments for Regional Open Space Inventory · CT | Department of Agriculture · State and Private Forestry - Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Christopher Murphy CT, Senator Richard Blumenthal CT | $92.0K $92.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
Enacted earmarks from GAO's Tracking the Funds data (FY2022-FY2024). FY2025 had none (a full-year continuing resolution); FY2026's are enacted but not yet in GAO's data. Amounts are what the law provided, not what was spent. Source: GAO, Tracking the Funds. Requesters are matched to today's members of Congress by name and state; former members show as GAO wrote them.