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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Horizons for Homeless Children, for Playspace Programs for homeless children in the 7th Congressional district
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $72,000 Sponsors Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients Horizons for Homeless Children
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Horizons for Homeless Children, to continue and expand the placespace program.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $153,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients Horizons for Homeless Children
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Housing Partnership Network, Inc, for capitalization of a revolving loan fund for affordable housing
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $294,000 Sponsors Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients Housing Partnership Network Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Human Nutrition (Equipment)
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $97,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA) Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Human Nutrition (Obesity)
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $725,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA)
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
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Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Hyperspectral Sensor for UAV Surveillance/Targeting
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Locations Fitchburg, Massachusetts Recipients Headwall Photonics Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description I-91 Fiber and Conduit Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $980,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA) Locations Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description I-93 P&D Construction
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $392,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Marty Meehan (D-MA) Locations Andover, Tewksbury, Wilmington, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Inquilinos Boricuas en Acc�on's Employment Services Initiative
(Financial Services)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA) Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Integrated Advanced Communications Terminal (iACT)
(Defense)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) Locations Newburyport, Massachusetts Recipients Henschel Inc.

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