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View earmark details Rep. Pete Sessions (-Texas, 32nd) - Earmarks Requested
In Office
Alternate Name: Peter Anderson Sessions

 
AllSoloWith 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                     10 $8,152,500
With Other Members          19 $41,690,000
All Congressional                29 $49,842,500
All Sponsored Earmarks      30* $134,367,500*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

(desc)

Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2008 Upper Trinity River Basin
(Energy and Water)
$1,333,000 Rep. Michael Burgess (-TX)
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (-TX)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (-TX)
...more
Texas
View earmark details 2009 Dallas Floodway Extension, Trinity River Project
(Energy and Water)
$13,000,000 Rep. Chet Edwards (-TX)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (-TX)
...more
Texas
View earmark details 2008 Dallas-Trinity Water Reclamation and Reuse Study
(Energy and Water)
$492,000 Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (-TX)
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (-TX)
Texas
View earmark details 2008 Dallas Floodway Extension, Trinity River Project
(Energy and Water)
$12,792,000 Rep. Chet Edwards (-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (-TX)
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (-TX)
...more
Dallas, Texas
View earmark details 2008 Enhanced Tracking and Asset Control
(Defense)
$1,200,000 Rep. Sam Johnson (-TX) Chantilly, Virginia GlobeRanger Corp.; CACI International Inc.
View earmark details 2008 U.S. Army Battery Management Program Utilizing Pulse Technology
(Defense)
$2,800,000 Rep. Kenny Marchant (-TX) Southlake, Texas PulseTech Products Corp.
View earmark details 2008 Unmanned Force Augmentation System
(Defense)
$2,400,000 Rep. Michael Burgess (-TX)
Rep. Kenny Marchant (-TX)
Carrollton, Texas L-3 Unmanned Systems Inc.
View earmark details 2009 Army Missile and Space Technology Initiative
(Defense)
$1,600,000 No additional sponsors indicated Dallas, Texas U.S. Department of the Army
View earmark details 2009 InfraRed Goggle Upgrade System (IRGUS)
(Defense)
$800,000 Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (-NH)
Sen. John Cornyn (-TX)
Richardson, Texas
View earmark details 2009 National Eye Evaluation and Research Network (NEER) -Clinical Trials of Orphan Retinal Degenerative Diseases
(Defense)
$800,000 Sen. Tom Harkin (-IA) Owings Mills, Maryland National Neurovision Research Institute
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