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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 2010 Description Cotton Research, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,730,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients Texas Tech University (Lubbock)
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 Dallas Floodway Extension, Trinity River Project, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $12,594,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Dallas Floodway, Dallas, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,345,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Denison Dam, Lake Texoma, TX & OK
(Energy and Water)
Amount $8,740,000 Sponsors President *
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK)
Former Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Locations Lake Texoma, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Designing Foods for Health, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,385,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description East Loop, Brownsville, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Brownsville, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Efficient Irrigation, NM, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,610,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients New Mexico State University; Texas AgriLife Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Efficient Irrigation, NM, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,160,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients New Mexico State University; Texas AgriLife Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Electromagnetic Battlespace Management
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Texas A&M University (College Station)

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