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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 Shrimp Aquaculture
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,097,000 Sponsors Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)
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Locations Hawaii; Louisiana; Massachusetts; Mississippi; South Carolina; Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sorghum Cold Tolerance
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $262,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sorghum Ergot Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $71,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sorghum Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $481,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Bushland, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sorghum Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $967,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Southwest Pecan Research, College Station
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $231,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sustainable Agricultural Freshwater Conservation
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,527,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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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)
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Locations Kerryville, Texas Recipients Agricultural Research Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Water Protection Plan for Hood County, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $71,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Hood County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Water Quality for Tarrant County, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $358,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Tarrant County, Texas

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