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Where are this year's earmarks
Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Texas

* 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. 1401 Total Amount $1,907,539,730
All earmarks No. 1689* Total Amount $6,315,890,955*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries, White Oak Bayou, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $90,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Buffalo Bayou, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Cypress Valley Watershed, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $90,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Sabine-Neches Waterway, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $90,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Dallas Police Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Kickstart, to expand children's character development
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Kick Drugs Out of America Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Phoenix House, for residential substance abuse treatment for adolescents
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients Phoenix House
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Team Focus, Inc. to establish a youth mentoring program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Morgan, Texas Recipients Team Focus Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Dairy and Meat Goat Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Scheduling Reservoir Operations, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Family literacy program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Del Rio, Texas Recipients AVANCE Inc.

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