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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 Collin County Regional Airport Tower Construction, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,470,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX)
Former Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Collin, Texas Recipients Collin County (Texas) Regional Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Concho Valley Multi-modal Terminal Building
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Corpus Christi RTA Bus & Bus Facilities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description CR 172 Improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $392,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Grimes, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cypress Creek Fine Art Association for construction of the Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) Locations Spring, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Dallas Woodall Rodgers Freeway Deck Plaza
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description DCTA Fixed Guideway/Engineering
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) Locations Lewisville, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Del Rio Roadway Construction
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $980,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Val Verde, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Downtown Improvement Program for redevelopment and enhancement to the streets, including Neches Street from Laurel to College Streets and Park Street from North to College Streets
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $49,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Beaumont, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description East Loop
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $411,600 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients

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