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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 2010 Description Advanced fuel cell research program
(Defense)
Amount $3,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Beaumont, Texas Recipients Lamar University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) Locations Beaumont, Texas Recipients Baptist Hospitals of Southeast Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Sewer line rehabilitation project
(Interior)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Beaumont, Texas Recipients City of Beaumont, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Community and University Partnership Service, including facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $350,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) Locations Beaumont, Texas Recipients Lamar University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Nanocomposite Enhanced Radar and Aerospace Materials (NERAM)
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Beaumont, Texas Recipients Lamar University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description CHRISTUS St. Elizabeth Hospital
(Homeland Security)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Beaumont, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $220,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) Locations Beeville, Texas Recipients Coastal Bend College (Beeville, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Equipment fornNew officers
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) Locations Beeville, Texas Recipients Bee County (Texas) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description First responder equipment, technology, and interoperability upgrades
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $700,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Belton, Texas Recipients City of Belton, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Bexar County, Texas solar collection farm and distribution system
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Locations Bexar County, Texas Recipients

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