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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 2009 Description Victoria Chamber of Commerce, Victoria, TX for the Sure BET program to reduce drop-out rates
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Locations Victoria, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Buffalo Bayou and Tributaries
(Energy and Water)
Amount $96,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Rio Grande Basin, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $96,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Arlington Chamber of Commerce for commercialization of technology, especially bio- and nano-technology at University of Texas Arlington
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Arlington, Texas Recipients Arlington (Texas) Chamber of Commerce
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum for construction of a memorial and building
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) Locations Greenville, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Buffalo Bayou And Tribes, White Oak Bayou
(Energy and Water)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Lufkin for construction of a convention center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Locations Lufkin, Texas Recipients City of Lufkin, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of New Braunfels for relocation of the utilities underground
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) Locations New Braunfels, Texas Recipients City of New Braunfels, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cypress Creek Fine Art Association for construction of the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) Locations Spring, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Dallas Floodway, Upper Trinity River Basin
(Energy and Water)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients

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