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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 2008 Description Sustainable Agricultural Freshwater Conservation
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,527,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description US Agricultural Research Facility, Knipling-Bushland Laboratory
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,390,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Kerryville, Texas Recipients Agricultural Research Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Water Protection Plan for Hood County, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $71,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Hood County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Water Quality for Tarrant County, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $358,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Tarrant County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wool Research, MT, TX, WY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $219,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Texas; Wyoming Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Gilbert M. Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education Watershed Project, Texas State University
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $282,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Texas State University-San Marcos
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Advancing Biofuel Production
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $140,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Air Quality
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,090,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Aquaculture
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $416,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL)
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Former Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)
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Locations Florida; Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Assistance to Improve Water Quality for Tarrant County
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $336,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Tarrant County, Texas Recipients

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