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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 UT-Tyler Organic Semiconductor Modeling and Simulation Research
(Defense)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Tyler, Texas Recipients University of Texas at Tyler
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Uvalde, TX Hangar, Maintenance & Admin
(Homeland Security)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Uvalde, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Valley Baptist Health System, for the Hispanic Stroke Care Center of Excellence for equipment.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $167,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Harlingen, Texas Recipients Valley Baptist Health System (Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Val Verde County, Del Rio, TX
(Homeland Security)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Del Rio, Texas Recipients Val Verde County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Vehicle Maintenance & Company Ops Facility
(Military Construction)
Amount $31,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Fort Bliss, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Vehicle Maintenance Shop
(Military Construction)
Amount $20,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Fort Bliss, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Vehicle Maintenance Shop
(Military Construction)
Amount $16,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Fort Bliss, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Vehicle Maintenance Shop
(Military Construction)
Amount $23,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Fort Hood, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Vehicle Maintenance Shops
(Military Construction)
Amount $81,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Fort Bliss, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Veterans Shuttle Service Project, capital cost of contracting, Lufkin, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Locations Lufkin, Texas Recipients

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