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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 Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Bus Acquisition-Sun Metro, El Paso, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Central City, Trinity River Vision, Fort Worth, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $2,500,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Trinity River Vision Authority
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Fort Worth, TX, Trinity River Vision land acquisition
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients City of Fort Worth, Texas; Trinity River Vision Authority
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description CNG Bus Replacement, The Fort Worth T Transportation Authority, Fort Worth TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $885,400 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
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Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients City of Fort Worth, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Harker Heights, TX, Armed Services YMCA facility construction, Harker Heights, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Harker Heights, Texas Recipients City of Harker Heights, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Hillsboro, TX, Land acquisition and construction at Hillsboro parks
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Hillsboro, Texas Recipients City of Hillsboro, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Construction of a new shelter for women who have been victimized by physical abuse
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Hondo, Texas Recipients City of Hondo, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Clean Fuel Downtown Transit Circulator, Houston, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Houston Southeast Corridor LRT, Houston, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $75,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Houston, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $8,990,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Houston, Texas Recipients

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