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Where are this year's earmarks
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) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Treats Pond, MA
(Energy and Water)
Amount $728,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) Locations 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 West Hill Dam
(Energy and Water)
Amount $721,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated 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 2009 Description Urban College of Boston, MA, to support higher education programs serving low-income and minority students
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $714,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients Urban College of Boston (Mass.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description New Interchange for Interstate 93, MA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA) Locations Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Riverwalk Extension Construction, Lowell National Historical Park, Lowell, MA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA) Locations Lowell, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Large Millimeter Telescope at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $705,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA) 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)
...more
Locations Amherst, Massachusetts Recipients University of Massachusetts Amherst
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Cities of Salem and Beverly intermodal station improvements, MA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $700,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) Locations Cities of Salem and Beverly, Massachusetts Recipients City of Salem, Mass.; City of Beverly, Mass.

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