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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-Texas, 15th) - Earmarks Requested

Retired • Alternate Name: Rubén Eloy Hinojosa
All     Solo     With Other Members     
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     Number 23 Cost $30,603,938
With Other Members          Number 17 Cost $24,626,500
All Congressional                Number 40 Cost $55,230,438
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 48* Cost $195,774,438*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
(Interior)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rio Metro Intercity Transit
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Hidalgo, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Nueces River and Tributaries
(Energy and Water)
Amount $461,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description North Rail Relocation Project, Cameron County, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Cameron County, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Coastal Bend Workforce Development Board, for nurse training for rural communities
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $381,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Coastal Bend Workforce Development Board
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Hidalgo County Health Department, Edinburg, TX for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $380,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) Locations Edinburg, Texas Recipients Hidalgo County (Texas) Health Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX for epidemiological research and educational outreach related to childhood cancer in cooperation with the Vannie E. Cook Jr. Cancer Foundation in McAllen, TX
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $307,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Baylor College of Medicine
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, TX for the South Texas Border Health Disparities Center's program on preventing obesity in minority populations
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $307,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Edinburg, Texas Recipients University of Texas - Pan American
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description McAllen Manufacturing Research and Education Park
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations McAllen, Texas Recipients McAllen (Texas) Economic Development Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description FM 493, Hidalgo County, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Hidalgo County, Texas Recipients

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