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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Rhode Island

* 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. 306 Total Amount $280,582,853
All earmarks No. 316* Total Amount $398,635,853*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Harbor Shield-Homeland Defense Port Security Initiative
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH)
Former Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
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Locations Rhode Island Recipients Battelle Memorial Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Fuel Cell Research, Brown University, RI
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
Former Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
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Locations Providence, Rhode Island Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Genetic Improvement of Switchgrass (RI)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) Locations Rhode Island Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Rhode Island, Research and Technology Development for genetic improvement of Switchgrass, Biomass
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,476,000 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) Locations Rhode Island Recipients University of Rhode Island (Kingston)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description I-195 Relocation
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,470,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
Former Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI)
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
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Locations Providence, Rhode Island Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Genetic Improvements of Switchgrass
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,427,250 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) Locations Rhode Island Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description South County Commuter Rail, Wickford Junction Station, RI
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,345,500 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) Locations Rhode Island Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rhode Island Public Transit Authority Intelligent Transportation System
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,341,522 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) Locations Rhode Island Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Southern New England Cooperative Research Initiative, cooperative research and monitoring projects in southern New England, Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,339,500 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) Locations Narragansett, Rhode Island Recipients Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Rhode Island Consortium for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,250,000 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Locations Kingston, Rhode Island Recipients University of Rhode Island (Kingston)

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