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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Rep. John Olver (-Massachusetts, 1st) - Earmarks Requested
Retired
Alternate Name: John Walter Olver

 
AllSoloWith 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(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     108 $80,838,247
With Other Members          67 $127,172,200
All Congressional                175 $208,010,447
All Sponsored Earmarks      177* $212,479,447*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

(asc)

Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2008 High Temperature Superconductor (HTS) Navy Propulsion Motor for DDG 1000
(Defense)
$2,000,000 Rep. Jim McGovern (-MA)
Rep. Marty Meehan (-MA)
Sen. Ted Kennedy (-MA)
...more
Unknown Location
View earmark details 2009 Historic Deerfield, Ashley Barn
(Interior)
$150,000 No additional sponsors indicated Massachusetts
View earmark details 2010 Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA, for completion of construction of a one-stop education, social services, and job training center serving low-income persons
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$243,500 Sen. John Kerry (-MA)
Sen. Paul G. Kirk (-MA)
Sen. Ted Kennedy (-MA)
...more
Holyoke, Massachusetts Holyoke (Mass.) Community College
View earmark details 2009 Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA for design, equipment, construction, and buildout of the One Stop Enrollment Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$308,750 No additional sponsors indicated Holyoke, Massachusetts Holyoke (Mass.) Community College
View earmark details 2009 Holyoke Intermodal Center, MA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$142,500 No additional sponsors indicated Holyoke, Massachusetts
View earmark details 2010 Holyoke Medical Center, Holyoke, MA for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$300,000 Sen. John Kerry (-MA)
Sen. Paul G. Kirk (-MA)
Sen. Ted Kennedy (-MA)
...more
Holyoke, Massachusetts Holyoke (Mass.) Medical Center
View earmark details 2009 Holyoke Medical Center, Holyoke, MA for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$143,000 Sen. John Kerry (-MA)
Sen. Ted Kennedy (-MA)
Holyoke, Massachusetts Holyoke (Mass.) Medical Center
View earmark details 2008 Hoosic River
(Energy and Water)
$492,000 No additional sponsors indicated Massachusetts
View earmark details 2010 Housatonic River Net-Zero-Energy Building
(Energy and Water)
$1,000,000 No additional sponsors indicated Massachusetts
View earmark details 2008 Housing Assistance Council, for nationwide capacity building, outreach and training
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$2,940,000 alert Rep. Geoff Davis (-KY)
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (-TX)
Rep. Joe Knollenberg (-MI)
...more
Unknown Location Housing Assistance Council
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