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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 Technology Collaboration for Aerospace Engineering Programs
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Johnson Space Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Teens in the Drivers Seat
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $343,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Temple Health and Bioscience Economic Development District, Temple, TX for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $335,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Temple, Texas Recipients Temple (Texas) Health and Bioscience Economic Development District
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas A & M University, for equipment in the Michael E. DeBakey Institute.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $215,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University (College Station)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas A&M Green Campus Research Initiative
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Texas A&M International University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas A&M University - Kingsville, for facilities and equipment for a research facility
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $230,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Locations Kingsville, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $4,982,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas Center for Advanced Science Computing and Modeling
(Energy and Water)
Amount $738,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas Chiropractic College, for health professions training.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX) Locations Pasadena, Texas Recipients Texas Chiropractic College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas City Channel
(Energy and Water)
Amount $2,460,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients Texas City, Texas

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )