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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 Livestock and Dairy Policy
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $738,000 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 2008 Description Medicinal and Bioactive Crops
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $298,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Stephen F. Austin State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Germplasm Resources
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $240,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Wildlife Research Station
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $309,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Kingsville, 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 2008 Description Ogallala Aquifer
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,732,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Former Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
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Locations Bushland, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Plant Stress and Water Conservation Lab
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,550,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Policy Analyses for a National Secure and Sustainable Food, Fiber, Forestry, and Energy Program
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $149,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Texas AgriLife Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Range Revegetation for Fort Hood
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $355,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rangeland Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $983,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations New Mexico; Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Regionalized Implications of Farm Programs
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $634,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients Texas AgriLife Research

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