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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 Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Virtual Clinical Learning Lab and Center of Excellence
(Defense)
Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Victoria Chamber of Commerce, Victoria, TX for the Sure BET program to reduce drop-out rates
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Locations Victoria, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Victoria Bus Replacement
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $294,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description VIA Metropolitan Transit Bus US 281 / Loop 1604 Area Park & Ride, San Antonio, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description VIA Metropolitan Transit Bus Maintenance Facility Improvements, San Antonio, Texas
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description VIA Metropolitan Transit Bus Facility Improvements and Bus Fleet Modernization, San Antonio, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients VIA Metropolitan Transit (San Antonio, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description VIA Metropolitan Transit BRT improvements, San Antonio, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description VIA Bus Rapid Transit Corridor Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $4,900,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description VIA Bus Improvements/Facility Modernization
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $2,425,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
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Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Veterans Shuttle Service Project, capital cost of contracting, Lufkin, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Locations Lufkin, Texas Recipients

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