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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) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wing Memorial Hospital, Palmer, MA for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $307,000 Sponsors Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) Locations Palmer, Massachusetts Recipients Baystate Wing Hospital (Palmer, Mass.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, MA for design, equipment, construction, and buildout of the One Stop Enrollment Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $308,750 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA) Locations Holyoke, Massachusetts Recipients Holyoke (Mass.) Community College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Emmanuel College, for educational equipment and technology infrastructure
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $309,000 Sponsors Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients Emmanuel College (Boston, Mass.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Seafood Safety
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $312,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
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Locations Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Center for Technology Commercialization, Public Safety Technology Center, to enhance capabilities of state and local law enforcement officials
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $312,550 Sponsors Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Locations Worcester, Massachusetts Recipients Center for Technology Commercialization Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Boston for a program to reduce recidivism
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $312,550 Sponsors Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Locations Boston, Massachusetts, Suffolk, Massachusetts Recipients City of Boston, Mass.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Community Health Connections in Gardner, for renovation of a former elementary school for a multipurpose health facility
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $318,500 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA) Locations Gardner, Massachusetts Recipients Community Health Connections Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Brandeis University, for its Key to the University program to teach research methods and pedagogy, which may include technology and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $319,000 Sponsors Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA)
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Locations Waltham, Massachusetts Recipients Brandeis University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Emerson College, educational equipment and program development
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $325,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients Emerson College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description UMASS Dartmouth, Fall River, MA Advanced Technical & Manufacturing Center
(Financial Services)
Amount $325,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
Locations Fall River, Massachusetts Recipients University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

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