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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 University of Massachusetts, Amherst Climate System Research Center
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $650,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
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Locations Amherst, Massachusetts Recipients University of Massachusetts Amherst
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Massachusetts, Amherst large Millimeter Telescope
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $700,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
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Locations Amherst, Massachusetts Recipients University of Massachusetts Amherst
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.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Brockton for the expansion of after-school programs designed to reduce youth crime
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
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Locations Brockton, Massachusetts Recipients City of Brockton, Mass.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Milton Police Department Surveillance Equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $175,000 Sponsors Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA) Locations Milton, Massachusetts Recipients Milton (Mass.) Police Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description North Worcester County Drug Task Force Interoperable Credentialing, Crime Scene & Access Control Project
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
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Locations Hubbardston, Massachusetts Recipients North Worcester County (Mass.) Drug Task Force
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description New England Multi-Species Surveys and Development
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Locations New Bedford, Massachusetts Recipients University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Climate system research center
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $495,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA) Locations Amherst, Massachusetts Recipients University of Massachusetts Amherst
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Climate change and air pollutant impacts to New England's rare alpine zone
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $350,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH)
Former Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH)
Former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH)
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Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients Appalachian Mountain Club
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,250,000 Sponsors Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-MA)
Former Rep. Mike Michaud (D-ME)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
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Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients Consortium for Wildlife Bycatch Reduction

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