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Where are this year's earmarks 
Fiscal Year(s)
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 | 1401 | $1,907,539,730 |
| All earmarks | 1689* | $6,315,890,955* |
| Earmark Details | Year | Description (Bill) |
Amount (asc) |
Sponsors | Locations | Receiving Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
2009 |
ASOS Facility (Military Construction) |
$7,600,000 |
Rep. Nick Lampson  -TX) |
Ellington Field, Texas | |
|
|
2010 |
Brays Bayou, Houston, TX (Energy and Water) |
$7,777,000 |
President * Rep. John Culberson  -TX) |
Houston, Texas | |
|
|
2008 |
Central City, Fort Worth Upper Trinity River Basin (Energy and Water) |
$7,872,000 |
Rep. Michael Burgess -TX) Rep. Kay Granger -TX)Sen. John Cornyn -TX)...more |
Fort Worth, Texas | Trinity River Vision Authority |
|
|
2010 |
Add/Alt Aircraft Maintenance Shops (Military Construction) |
$7,900,000 |
Rep. Charlie Gonzalez -TX) Rep. Ciro Rodriguez -TX) |
Kelly Field Annex, Texas | |
|
|
2010 |
Colorado River Storage, CRSP, Section 5 (Energy and Water) |
$7,965,000 | President (solo) * | Colorado River, Texas | |
|
|
2010 |
Army National Guard UH-60 Rewiring Program (Defense) |
$8,000,000 |
Rep. Kay Granger -TX) |
Fort Worth, Texas | InterConnect Wiring LLP |
|
|
2009 |
Sabine-Neches Waterway, TX (Energy and Water) |
$8,189,000 | No sponsor indicated | Texas | |
|
|
2008 |
Matagorda Ship Channel (Energy and Water) |
$8,191,000 |
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison -TX) |
Texas | |
|
|
2009 |
Kika de le Gam Subtropical Agricultural Research Center, Weslaco, TX (Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA) |
$8,688,000 |
Rep. Rubén Hinojosa -TX) Sen. Tom Harkin -IA) |
Weslaco, Texas | |
|
|
2010 |
Denison Dam, Lake Texoma, TX & OK (Energy and Water) |
$8,740,000 |
President * Rep. Tom Cole -OK)Sen. Jim Inhofe -OK) |
Lake Texoma, Texas | |
| 1689 results | ||||||
Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )
