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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Caddo Lake Ramsar Center for conservation and education programs
(Interior)
Amount $148,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Caddo Lake Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cameron County, TX Interoperable Communications
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $47,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Cameron, Texas Recipients Cameron County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Canadian River Project
(Energy and Water)
Amount $142,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Canyon Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,026,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Capital IDEA, Austin, TX for workforce development services for disadvantaged adults
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $239,000 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Locations Austin, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $254,800 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Austin, Texas Recipients Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Austin, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Carbon Nano-Materials for Advanced Aerospace Applications, AQW Rice University
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Rice University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Carbon Nanotube Chemical Detector
(Defense)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Waco, Texas Recipients Advanced Concepts and Technologies International LLC
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cardiac Catheterization Research and Equipment (TX)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $738,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Center for Food Industry Excellence
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,008,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients

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