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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 Alief ISD Safe and Drug Free Schools
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $188,000 Sponsors Rep. Al Green (D-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alliance Airport Runway Extension
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $784,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Fort Worth (Texas) Alliance Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alliance for NanoHealth
(Defense)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Alliance for NanoHealth
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alliance for NanoHealth
(Energy and Water)
Amount $738,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Alliance for NanoHealth
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alliance for NanoHealth, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $622,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Alliance for NanoHealth
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alliance for NanoHealth, translation of nanotechnology from the laboratory to clinical practice
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $846,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Alliance for NanoHealth
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alsbury Boulevard Extension
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $588,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Burleson, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description America's Army Live-Fire Shoot House Deployment
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX)
Former Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Locations Stafford, Texas Recipients Laser Shot Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Angelo State University for a teacher training initiative
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Locations San Angelo, Texas Recipients Angelo State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Aquaculture
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $443,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL)
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Former Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)
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Locations Florida; Texas Recipients

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