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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 2008 Description Bee Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $242,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Weslaco, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Belton Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,034,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Belton Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,311,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Belton Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,117,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Belton Lake, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Benbrook Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Benbrook Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $2,137,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Benbrook Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $2,447,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Benbrook Lake, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship Program
(State-Foreign Ops)
Amount $5,810,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Benjamin Gilman International Scholarship Program
(State-Foreign Ops)
Amount $7,200,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Bethany House, Laredo, TX for equipment and job training resources to help the unemployed find gainful employment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $230,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations Laredo, Texas Recipients Bethany House of Laredo (Texas)

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