Earmark Spending in Rhode Island

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Fiscal Year(s)

Earmark Spending in Rhode Island

* 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	306	$280,582,853
All earmarks	316*	$398,635,853*

Earmark Details	Year	Description (Bill)	Amount (desc)	Sponsors	Locations	Receiving Organization
	2009	SL Joseph Health Services, North Providence, RI, for renovations to the emergency room (Labor-HHS-Education)	$618,000	Sen. Jack Reed (-RI)	Providence, Rhode Island	St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island
	2009	Replace Control Tower (Military Construction)	$600,000	Rep. Jim Langevin (-RI) Sen. Jack Reed (-RI)	Quonset State Airport, Rhode Island
	2009	Town of North Providence for stormwater system improvements (Interior)	$600,000	Sen. Jack Reed (-RI) Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (-RI)	Rhode Island	Town of North Providence, R.I.
	2010	Cooperative Research and Technical Assistance (Commerce, Justice and Science)	$600,000	Sen. Jack Reed (-RI)	Saunderstown, Rhode Island	Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation
	2008	Aquatic Veterinary Pathology (Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)	$596,000	Sen. Jack Reed (-RI)	Rhode Island	Roger Williams University
	2009	Year Up Providence, Providence, RI, for a bridge to career and college program (Labor-HHS-Education)	$571,000	Sen. Jack Reed (-RI)	Providence, Rhode Island	Year Up
	2008	Newport County Chamber of Commerce for marine trades training expansion (Financial Services)	$500,000	Sen. Jack Reed (-RI) Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (-RI)	Newport, Rhode Island	Newport County (R.I.) Chamber of Commerce
	2009	The Providence Center to help address barriers that incarcerated men and women face as they re-enter their communities (Commerce, Justice and Science)	$500,000	Rep. Patrick Kennedy (-RI) Rep. Jim Langevin (-RI) Sen. Jack Reed (-RI) ...more	Providence, Rhode Island	Providence Center
	2009	Fox Point Hurricane Barrier (Energy and Water)	$500,000	Rep. Jim Langevin (-RI) Sen. Jack Reed (-RI) Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (-RI) ...more	Rhode Island
	2009	Newport Chanter of Commerce, Aquidneck Wastewater Treatment Facility Planning (Interior)	$500,000	Rep. Patrick Kennedy (-RI) Sen. Jack Reed (-RI) Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (-RI) ...more	Rhode Island
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Earmark Spending in Rhode Island