Congressional earmarks in WI
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 14 provisions worth $50.73M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Tammy Baldwin Sen. WI · $43.40M · 10
- Derrick Van Orden Rep. WI · $10.00M · 1
- Gwen Moore Rep. WI · $8.85M · 3
- Mark Pocan Rep. WI · $2.33M · 2
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Transportation $50.73M · 14
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Chippewa Valley Corridor Reconstruction WI · WI | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Tammy Baldwin WI, Representative Derrick Van Orden WI | $10.00M |
| 2023 | Blatnik Bridge · WI | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Tammy Baldwin WI | $7.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Kenosha-Racine-Milwaukee (KRM) Regional Rail Corridor City of Racine · WI | Department of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | Senator Tammy Baldwin WI | $5.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Brown County South Bridge Regional Connector Project · WI | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Tammy Baldwin WI | $5.00M $5.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Green Bay-Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB)—Airport Improvements Green Bay-Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB) · WI | Department of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | Senator Tammy Baldwin WI | $5.00M |
| 2023 | Reconstruction of Silver Spring Drive from 27th Street to the Milwaukee River · WI | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Gwendolynne Moore WI | $4.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Cleaner Buses Initiative Milwaukee County Department of Transportation · WI | Department of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | Senator Tammy Baldwin WI, Representative Gwendolynne Moore WI | $3.85M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Watertown—Cole Memorial Bridge Replacement WI · WI | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Tammy Baldwin WI | $3.80M |
| 2022 | Milwaukee County Transit Bus Replacement Milwaukee County · WI | Department of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | Senator Tammy Baldwin WI | $2.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Wisconsin River Recreational Bridge – Dane and Sauk County, WI · WI | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Mark Pocan WI | $2.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Milwaukee County Transit System Clean Diesel Buys Replacement and Faster Bus Project Milwaukee County Transit System · WI | Department of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | Representative Gwendolynne Moore WI | $1.00M |
| 2022 | Connected, Automated, Electric Vehicle Demonstration Center Wisconsin Department of Transportation · WI | Department of Transportation · Transportation Planning, Research, and Development | Senator Tammy Baldwin WI | $750.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Appleton Airport (ATW) Concourse Addition · WI | Department of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | Senator Tammy Baldwin WI | $500.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Evansville Highway-Rail Grade Crossings Improvements, City of Evansville, Wisconsin City of Evansville · WI | Department of Transportation · Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements | Representative Mark Pocan WI | $334.4K |
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.