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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

(desc)

 Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description US 287 Ennis Bypass from BU 287 to South of SH 34
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description US Agricultural Research Facility, Knipling-Bushland Laboratory
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $1,390,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
...more		 Locations Kerryville, Texas Recipients Agricultural Research Service
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 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)
...more		 Locations Harlingen, Texas Recipients Valley Baptist Health System (Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description VIA Bus Improvements/Facility Modernization
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 Amount $2,425,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
...more		 Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description VIA Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 Amount $4,900,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)		 Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Victoria Bus Replacement
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 Amount $294,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Virtual Clinical Learning Lab and Center of Excellence
(Defense)		 Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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 2008 Description Wallisville Lake
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $2,217,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients

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