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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 2008 Description Weed It Now on the Berkshire Taconic Landscape, MA
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $48,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA) Locations Massachusetts Recipients Nature Conservancy
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Weather Buoy for Nantucket Sound
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $235,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) Locations Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Water Transportation Service Ferry, Town of Winthrop, MA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) Locations Winthrop, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Water Taxi/Ferry Service
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $808,500 Sponsors Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) Locations Medford, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Washington and Prospect Street Signalization Project, MA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $600,000 Sponsors Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) Locations Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Veterinary Research Manpower Development for Defense
(Defense)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) Locations North Grafton, Massachusetts Recipients Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse renovation, to allow the non-profit organization to expand its programs to assist low-income veterans across Massachusetts
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $196,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Locations Roxbury, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Urban League of Springfield, MA, Renovation of facilities at Camp Atwater, a camp serving Springfield, MA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $450,000 Sponsors Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) Locations Springfield, Massachusetts Recipients Urban League of Springfield (Mass.) Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, to assist in the expansion of the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts facility expansion
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $196,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
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Locations Roxbury, Massachusetts Recipients Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, economic development center expansion, Boston, MA
(Financial Services)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts

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