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View earmark details Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Massachusetts, 2nd) - Earmarks Requested

In Office • Alternate Name: James Patrick McGovern
All     Solo     With Other Members     
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year 2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     Number 7 Cost $3,750,000
With Other Members          Number 17 Cost $15,025,000
All Congressional                Number 24 Cost $18,775,000
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 25* Cost $43,578,000*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Reading is Fundamental authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $24,803,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA)
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)
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Locations Various Locations Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Center for Civic Education for two programs (We the People and Cooperative Education Exchange) that are authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $21,617,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Joe Baca (R-CA)
Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA)
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Locations Various Locations Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Reach Out and Read authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $6,000,000 alert Sponsors Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
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Locations Various Locations Recipients Reach Out and Read
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description National Council on Economic Education for the Cooperative Education Exchange program, which is authorized in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as part of the Civic Education Program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $5,019,000 alert Sponsors Former Sen. Paul Kirk (D-MA)
Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Joe Baca (R-CA)
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Locations Various Locations Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Advanced Lower Limb Prostheses for Battlefield Amputees
(Defense)
Amount $3,200,000 Sponsors Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Paul Kirk (D-MA)
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Locations Waltham, Massachusetts Recipients QinetiQ US
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellowship Program and the Mickey Leland International Hunger Fellowship Program
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)
Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH)
Locations Washington, District of Columbia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Miniaturized Chemical Detector for Chemical Warfare Protection
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Marlborough, Massachusetts Recipients Spectra Optics Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Infection Prevention Program for Battlefield Wounds
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) Locations Hopkinton, Massachusetts Recipients Compass Biomedical Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description The Center for Neuroprosthetics and BioMEMS
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Paul Kirk (D-MA)
Locations Worcester, Massachusetts Recipients Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Diamond Lens Elements for High Powered Laser
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Paul Kirk (D-MA)
Locations Framingham, Massachusetts Recipients Apollo Diamond Inc.

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