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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description RI Bridge and Tunnel Authority EZPass Project for Claiborne Pell Bridge
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
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Locations Rhode Island Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Salve Regina University, historic preservation education programs including equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $814,000 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Locations Newport, Rhode Island Recipients Salve Regina University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Samaritans of Rhode Island, to enhance the Suicide Crisis Hotline
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Locations Providence, Rhode Island Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Shellfish
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $261,000 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) Locations Rhode Island Recipients East Coast Shellfish Research Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Soil Surveys
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) Locations Rhode Island Recipients Natural Resources Conservation Service Rhode Island
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description South Coastal Rhode Island Regional Sediment Management Study
(Energy and Water)
Amount $246,000 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Locations Rhode Island Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description South County Commuter Rail Wickford Junction Station
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $12,269,449 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 2008 Description Special Operations Training Facility
(Military Construction)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) Locations Quonset State Airport, Rhode Island Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Streetworkers Program, Institute for Study and Practice of Nonviolence, Providence, RI
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $352,500 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 Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence

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