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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Massachusetts

* Earmarks requested by the president are not included in the member and state rankings to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 No Total Amount
Congressional earmarks No. 766 Total Amount $730,208,069
All earmarks No. 820* Total Amount $962,473,069*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Chelsea Street Bridge
(Homeland Security)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Locations Chelsea, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Cherry Street Railroad Grade Crossings Improvement Project, MA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $600,000 Sponsors Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) Locations Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Child Abuse, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault Specialized Prosecution Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) Locations Salem, Massachusetts Recipients Essex (Mass.) District Attorney's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Children's Friend and Family Services for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $239,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) Locations Salem, Massachusetts Recipients Children's Friend and Family Services Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Children's Hospital Boston comprehensive pediatric electronic medical records system
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $177,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients Boston (Mass.) Children's Hospital
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Children's Wharf Landing Intermodal Improvements, Boston, MA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Cities of Fall River and New Bedford and the Town of Acushnet, Bristol County CSO and Sewer Infrastructure
(Interior)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
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Locations Massachusetts Recipients City of Fall River, Mass.; City of New Bedford, Mass.; Town of Acushnet, Mass.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Cities of Salem and Beverly intermodal station improvements, MA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $700,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) Locations Cities of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts Recipients City of Salem, Mass.; City of Beverly, Mass.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Boston for a program to reduce recidivism
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $312,550 Sponsors Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Locations Boston, Massachusetts, Suffolk, Massachusetts Recipients City of Boston, Mass.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Boston to implement a comprehensive community-based youth crime reduction program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
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Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients City of Boston, Mass.

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