2003 to 2004 Pork in Ohio

Doing a simple search on the words ‘Cincinnati’ and ‘Ohio’ within the text of the two recent Omnibus Bills (H.R. 2673 and H.R. 4818) resulted in finding the Pork Barrel Spending items listed below. I've tried to create links for each of the relevant items to their respective web sites.

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Note that spending in Ohio went up 80% ($2.3 million to $4.156 million) from 2003 to 2004. Let’s see...2004 was…was...it’ll come to me…it’s right on the tip of my tongue…an..,an…yes…an election year.

We don't need to go to the federal government to fund each of these items. Funding them with deficit spending that will be the burden of our children and grandchildren is irresponsible. These items could have been funded locally after some review and prioritization by local representatives that would have placed them into Ohio’s budget; which by the way has to be balanced every year.

Here are the details:

H.R. 2673 (Cincinnati search) Total: $600,000:

$400,000 shall be awarded to the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio, to develop and implement an integrated curriculum that will utilize its resources in art, science, and history when visiting the museum…

$200,000 shall be awarded to the Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio, for educational programming and exhibits…

H.R. 2673 (Ohio search) Total: $1,700,000:

$100,000 shall be available for a grant to Team Northeast Ohio…

$500,000 shall be awarded to the Allen County Historical Society, Lima, Ohio, for the `Move Our Past Forward' project to expand and develop exhibits for their Children's Discovery Museum Center

$100,000 shall be awarded to the Ashland Community Arts Center, Ashland, Ohio, for Arts in Downtown project…

$250,000 shall be awarded to the Cleveland Health Museum, Cleveland Ohio, for exhibits…

$50,000 shall be awarded to the Gault Family Learning Center, Wooster, Ohio

$200,000 shall be awarded to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Ohio, for the Rockin' the Schools education program

$500,000 for the preliminary planning of a new ambulatory clinic at the Defense Supply Center, Columbus in Columbus, Ohio

H.R. 4818 (Cincinnati search) Total $250,000:

$250,000 shall be awarded to Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio

H.R. 4818 (Ohio search) Total $3,906,000:

SEC. 790. There is hereby appropriated $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, for a grant to the Ohio Livestock Expo Center in Springfield, Ohio.

$115,000 shall be available for a grant to Ohio Business Connection;

$250,000 is available for Hamot Medical Center, Erie, Pennsylvania and the Ohio Health System, Columbus, Ohio, to implement a demonstration project on the Medicare Advantage program

$200,000 shall be awarded to Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio, to develop and implement the HeARTland program

$76,000 shall be awarded to Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, to develop, test, and fabricate the exhibition, train teachers and docents and publicize the project and produce related educational materials

$200,000 shall be awarded to Harbor Heritage Society, Cleveland, Ohio, for MAKING WAVES: Vessel-wide interpretive exhibit planning for the Steamship William G. Mather Maritime Museum,

$250,000 shall be awarded to HealthSpace Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio, for exhibits

$500,000 shall be awarded to Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Beachwood, Ohio, for a Cradle of Christianity: Biblical Treasures from the Holy Land traveling exhibition

$250,000 shall be awarded to MAPS Air Museum, North Canton, Ohio, to develop educational displays, upkeep of current displays, library expansion, historical research and operation expenses

$40,000 shall be awarded to Milford Area Historical Society, Milford, Ohio, for the Promont House Museum

$350,000 shall be awarded to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland, Ohio, for music education programs

$250,000 shall be awarded to Stark County Park District, Canton, Ohio, for exhibits

$400,000 shall be awarded to Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio

$25,000 shall be awarded to William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum, Canton, Ohio