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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 Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Sun Metro Fuel Facility Improvements, El Paso, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas Bus Acquisition, City of El Paso, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients City of El Paso, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX for renovation of the Dillow House into a permanent home for the Business Incubation Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $142,500 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Texas Wesleyan University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description The Houston Food Bank, Houston, TX for the purchase and renovation of a new building
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $617,500 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
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Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Houston (Texas) Food Bank
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Transit Maintenance Facility Renovations, Galveston, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $237,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Locations Galveston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description VIA Metropolitan Transit Bus Facility Improvements and Bus Fleet Modernization, San Antonio, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients VIA Metropolitan Transit (San Antonio, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Webb County, Laredo, TX for housing rehabilitation for disadvantaged areas of Webb County
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $190,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations Laredo, Texas Recipients Webb County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description West Houston Airport, Automatic Weather Observation System, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $142,500 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients West Houston (Texas) Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Zedler Mill Foundation in Luling, TX for construction and redevelopment at the Zedler Mill and adjacent area
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $142,500 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Locations Luling, Texas Recipients Zedler Mill Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Paratransit buses
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Abilene, Texas Recipients City of Abilene, Texas

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