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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 University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX for the Center for Minority Health, Education, Research and Outreach
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $383,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients University of North Texas Health Science Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of North Texas, Denton, TX for the center for Computational Epidemiology, including facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $478,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Denton, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Texas at El Paso, Reconstruction of On-ramp
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients University of Texas at El Paso
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Texas at San Antonio, UTSA Mexico Center, business development research
(Financial Services)
Amount $282,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX) Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients University of Texas at San Antonio Mexico Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX for a science, technology, engineering and mathematics program, including teacher training
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 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 2008 Description University of Texas Brownsville International Trade Center
(Financial Services)
Amount $282,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Locations Brownsville, Texas Recipients University of Texas at Brownsville International Innovation Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, for equipment.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $368,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Houston, Texas Recipients University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, for equipment.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Galveston, Texas Recipients University of Texas Medical Branch
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX for nursing programs
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Locations Galveston, Texas Recipients University of Texas Medical Branch
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX for the Centralized Clinical Placement system, including purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Locations Galveston, Texas Recipients University of Texas Medical Branch

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