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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)	Amount (desc)	Sponsors	Locations	Receiving Organization
Earmark details	Year 2009	Description Rapid Vaccine Discovery Technology (Defense)	Amount $1,600,000	Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA) Former Rep. Pete Visclosky (D-IN)	Locations Cambridge, Massachusetts	Recipients
Earmark details	Year 2009	Description Torpedo Composite Homing Array (Defense)	Amount $1,600,000	Sponsors Former Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA) Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)	Locations Littleton, Massachusetts	Recipients
Earmark details	Year 2010	Description Advanced diagnostic and therapeutic digital technologies (Defense)	Amount $1,600,000	Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA) Former Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) Former Rep. Diane Watson (D-CA) ...more	Locations Boston, Massachusetts	Recipients AdMeTech Foundation
Earmark details	Year 2010	Description Carbon nanotube enhanced power sources for space (Defense)	Amount $1,600,000	Sponsors Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)	Locations Boston, Massachusetts	Recipients DocBox Inc.
Earmark details	Year 2010	Description Acoustic Gun Detection System for Tracked Combat Vehicles (Defense)	Amount $1,600,000	Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA) Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) Former Sen. Paul Kirk (D-MA) ...more	Locations Cambridge, Massachusetts	Recipients Raytheon BBN Technologies
Earmark details	Year 2010	Description ALS Therapy Development Institute-Gulf War Illness Research Project (Defense)	Amount $1,600,000	Sponsors Former Rep. Henry Brown (R-SC) Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA) Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) ...more	Locations Cambridge, Massachusetts	Recipients ALS Therapy Development Institute
Earmark details	Year 2010	Description Infection Prevention Program for Battlefield Wounds (Defense)	Amount $1,600,000	Sponsors Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)	Locations Hopkinton, Massachusetts	Recipients Compass Biomedical Inc.
Earmark details	Year 2010	Description Multiplexed Human Fungal Infection Diagnostic (Defense)	Amount $1,600,000	Sponsors Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)	Locations Mansfield, Massachusetts	Recipients PrimeraDx
Earmark details	Year 2010	Description Miniaturized Chemical Detector for Chemical Warfare Protection (Defense)	Amount $1,600,000	Sponsors Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)	Locations Marlborough, Massachusetts	Recipients Spectra Optics Inc.
Earmark details	Year 2010	Description Affordable Robust Mid-Sized Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Defense)	Amount $1,600,000	Sponsors Former Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA)	Locations Tyngsboro, Massachusetts	Recipients Black-I Robotics Inc.

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