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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 National Textile Center (NTC): Funding to continue and enhance research currently conducted at a multi-university consortium that links the textile and fiber-based materials industry sector to leading research and education programs
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $4,700,000 alert Sponsors Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Former Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)
Former Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC)
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Locations California; Georgia; Massachusetts; North Carolina; New York; Pennsylvania; South Carolina Recipients National Textile Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description New Bedford, MA Police Equipment and Technology Upgrades
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $658,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
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Locations New Bedford, Massachusetts Recipients New Bedford (Mass.) Police Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description New England Multi-Species Survey, for multi-species groundfish surveys, School of Marine Science and Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $2,679,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
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Locations Bristol, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description On-Site Academy's Law Enforcement Counseling Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $470,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA) Locations Gardner, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rehoboth, MA Police Department Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $117,500 Sponsors Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) Locations Rehoboth, Massachusetts Recipients Rehoboth (Mass.) Police Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Right Whale Conservation/Disentanglement Program)
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bill Delahunt (D-MA) Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Roca Inc, Alternatives to Youth Violence
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $305,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA) Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Scallop Fishery Assessment (MFI), to determine conservation and sustainability measures to ensure a strong future for the New England Scallop fishery, Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,786,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA)
Former Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Former Sen. John Kerry (D-MA)
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Locations Bristol, Massachusetts Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Stop it Now, Northampton
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA) Locations Northampton, MA, Massachusetts Recipients Stop It Now!
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Straight Ahead Ministries Ready4Work
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA)
Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA)
Locations Boston, Massachusetts Recipients

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