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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

(desc)

 Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sims Bayou
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $20,075,000 Sponsors President *
Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)		 Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Somerville Lake
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $3,697,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sorghum Cold Tolerance
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $262,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sorghum Ergot Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $71,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sorghum Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $481,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Bushland, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sorghum Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $967,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Southern Methodist University for facilities and equipment at the Southwestern Consortium for Anti-Infectives and Virological Research
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $310,000 Sponsors Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)		 Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients Southern Methodist University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Southwest Pecan Research, College Station
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $231,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Southwestern University, for a Center for Hispanic Studies college preparatory initiative
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $263,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)		 Locations Georgetown, Texas Recipients Southwestern University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Space Engineering Institute at Texas A&M University
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $352,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Space Engineering Institute

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