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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Thomason General Hospital, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $383,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients University Medical Center of El Paso (Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description To the Martin Luther King Family Center, for renovation and construction of a family center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tom Green County, for the relocation and expansion of the Tom Green County Library, the only public library in the region
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $137,200 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations San Angelo, Texas Recipients Tom Green County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Town Bluff Dam, B A Steinhagen Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,535,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Travis County, TX Sheriff Regional Law Enforcement Training Center
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $352,500 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Locations Travis, Texas Recipients Travis County (Texas) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Trinity River Vision Bridges
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,715,000 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 2008 Description Trinity River Vision for facilities design, construction, and property acquisition of the Trinity River Vision plan
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $539,000 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 2008 Description Trinity University, for purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tronillo-Guadalupe Land Port of Entry
(Financial Services)
Amount $4,290,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Troop Health Clinic
(Military Construction)
Amount $42,000,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Fort Bliss, Texas Recipients

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