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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 2009 Description Grain Sorghum
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $515,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-KS)
Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Grasshopper program
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $5,552,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations California; Colorado; Idaho; Kansas; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Mexico; North Dakota; Oklahoma; Oregon; South Dakota; Texas; Utah; Washington; Wyoming Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Honey Bee Lab, Weslaco, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,762,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
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Locations Weslaco, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Human Nutrition Research, Houston, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $254,000 Sponsors Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA)
Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Kika de le Gam Subtropical Agricultural Research Center, Weslaco, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $8,688,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA)
Locations Weslaco, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Livestock and Dairy Policy, NY, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $693,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
Former Rep. Jim Walsh (R-NY)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Medicinal and Bioactive Crops, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $280,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Wildlife Research Station, Texas A&M
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $290,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients National Wildlife Research Center; Texas A&M University-Kingsville Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Nematode Resistance Genetic Engineering, NM
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $209,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Oil Resources from Desert Plants, NM
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $176,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Heather Wilson (R-NM)
Former Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)
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Locations Texas Recipients

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