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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 2010 Description The Center for Neuroprosthetics and BioMEMS
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Paul Kirk (D-MA)
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Locations Worcester, Massachusetts Recipients Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Advanced Traffic Management on I-91 Corridor, MA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA) Locations Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Aluminum Oxy-Nitride and Spinal Optical Ceramics
(Defense)
Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mary Bono (R-CA)
Former Rep. Brian Higgins (D-NY)
Former Rep. John Tierney (D-MA)
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Locations Massachusetts Recipients Surmet Precision Optics Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Assembly Square Orange Line Station, MA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA) Locations Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Barre Falls Dam, MA
(Energy and Water)
Amount $716,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Barre Falls Dam, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Bioactive Foods Research for Health and Food Safety, MA
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $525,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
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Locations Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Birch Hill Dam, MA
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,143,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Birch Hill Dam,, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Brownout Situational Awareness Sensor
(Defense)
Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA)
Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
Locations Massachusetts Recipients Trex Enterprises Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Buffumville Lake, MA
(Energy and Water)
Amount $794,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Buffumville Lake, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Cape Ann Transportation Authority (CATA) buses and fare boxes, MA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) Locations Cape Ann, Massachusetts Recipients

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