Earmarks requested by Rep. Charles W. Dent
Data from Fiscal Year 2008 appropriations bills supplied by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
| Amount | Earmark Description | Intended Recipient | |
| $32,485,000 | for | Civic Education Program (Center for Civic Education and National Council on Economic Education) It is also for a comprehensive program between the Center for Civic Education, Indiana University and NCSL to improve public education of the congress and state legislatures. | |
| $24,000,000 | for | National Writing Project, a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes K–16 teacher training programs in the effective teaching of writing. | |
| $3,200,000 | for | Solid Electrolyte Oxygen Separator | |
| $2,000,000 | for | Polymer Center of Excellence for Blast-Ballistic Protective Armor | Air Products and Chemicals Inc. |
| $1,723,000 | for | Highlands Conservation Act (CT, NJ, NY, PA) | |
| $1,600,000 | for | MX-2A Miniature Remote Thermal Imager | |
| $1,600,000 | for | Network Reliability and Safety Early Evaluation System (NRSEES) | Bosch Rexroth Corporation |
| $1,000,000 | for | EA-6B ALQ-99 Band 5/6 TWT Driver Modification | Triton Services |
| $1,000,000 | for | Northampton and Lehigh Counties | |
| $1,000,000 | for | U.S. Navy Nuclear Power Plant and Ship propulsion Shaft Manufacturing Improvement Project | Lehigh Heavy Force Corporation |
| $984,000 | for | ITM Reaction-Driven Ceramic Membrane Systems (PA) | |
| $940,000 | for | Bethlehem, PA Police Department | |
| $738,000 | for | Biodiesel Injection Blending Facilities (PA) | |
| $492,000 | for | Advanced Cellular and Biomolecular Imaging (PA) | |
| $490,000 | for | Bethlehem Transit Transfer Center | |
| $490,000 | for | Upgrade Signalized Intersections | |
| $487,000 | for | DeSales University, Center Valley, PA for the Digital Campus Initiative, including purchase of equipment | |
| $470,000 | for | Allentown, PA Police Department | |
| $341,000 | for | Wildlife Information Center, Inc., Slatington, PA for an environmental education initiative | |
| $329,000 | for | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Police Department, interoperable in-car digital video camera systems | |
| $285,000 | for | Delaware RVR Comp, NY, NJ, PA, & DE (Watershed Fld. Management) | |
| $250,000 | for | Ben Franklin Technology Partners | |
| $245,000 | for | Borough of Telford for renovation of a freight building, enhancement of handicap access, and development of a community pavilion | |
| $245,000 | for | Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley for expansion | |
| $245,000 | for | ArtsQuest for revitalization of a brownfield site and development of the SteelStax Performing Arts Center on the site | |
| $235,000 | for | Delaware River Enhanced Flood Warning System | |
| $235,000 | for | Northampton County, PA Child Advocacy Center | |
| $172,000 | for | Lehigh Release at FE Walter Dam | |
| $162,000 | for | The Borough of Slatington for Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements | |
| $148,000 | for | Payne Gallery, Moravian College | |
| $146,000 | for | Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Association, Kempton, PA for curriculum development | |
| $87,000 | for | Muhlenberg College, education and outreach services to support undergraduate students with disabilities | |
