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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 Vision Integrating Strategies in Ophthalmology and Neurochemistry (VISION)
(Defense)
Amount $3,200,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description VIVA Texas
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $350,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients Girl Scouts of Southwest Texas (San Antonio, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Waco Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $4,169,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Waco Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $4,398,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Waco Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,711,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Locations Waco Lake, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Wallace Accelerated High School, Colorado City, TX for a charter campus for at-risk students in grades 8-12, including purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Locations Colorado City, Texas Recipients Wallace Accelerated High School (Colorado City, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wallisville Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $2,217,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Wallisville Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $2,009,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Wallisville Lake, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Walnut Branch, Seguin, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $0 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations Seguin, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Walusville Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,622,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients

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