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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 East Texas Higher Speed Rail Feasibility Study
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $445,900 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Edinburg International Airport improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $833,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) Locations Hidalgo, Texas Recipients South Texas International Airport at Edinburg
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description FM 3503 Relocation Improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description FM509 Extension
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $686,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Fort Bend County Sienna Plantation Park and Ride
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $294,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Fort Bend County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Fort Worth Transportation Authority
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $294,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Trinity Metro (Fort Worth, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Galveston Rail Trolley Extension to Seawall Boulevard
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,960,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description George Bush Intercontinental, noise mitigation
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients George Bush Intercontinental Airport (Houston, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Global Samaritan Resources, to build a 25,000 square foot warehouse facility for receiving, storing and shipping of goods used for humanitarian aid
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) Locations Abilene, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Greater Southeast Management District Transit Facility
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $196,000 Sponsors Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Greater Southeast Management District (Houston, Texas)

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