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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 Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description MBTA Commuter Rail Station Improvement
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $686,000 Sponsors Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) Locations Melrose, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Maynard Police Department IT Upgrade
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA) Locations Maynard, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Math and science learning community
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
...more
Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients Wheelock College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mass Memorial Health Care, Worcester, MA, for health information technology
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Paul Kirk (D-MA)
...more
Locations Worcester, Massachusetts Recipients UMass Memorial Health Care
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mass Ave Construction, Town of Arlington, MA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) Locations Arlington, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Renewable Energy Economic Development Center, Boston, MA
(Financial Services)
Amount $247,000 Sponsors Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Massachusetts Sheriff's Association, for an information sharing network
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $223,250 Sponsors Former Rep. John Tierney (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
...more
Locations Norfolk, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute for continued research into the New England scallop fishery, to promote sustainability
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
...more
Locations New Bedford, Massachusetts Recipients Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Worcester, MA, for expansion of a workforce skills training program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Paul Kirk (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
...more
Locations Worcester, Massachusetts Recipients Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, for a health-care workforce development program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $162,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Locations East Boston, Massachusetts Recipients Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers

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