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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Cleburne Communication Technology Upgrade
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Cleburne, Texas Recipients Cleburne (Texas) Police Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Stop the Offender Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Cleburne, Texas Recipients Johnson County (Texas) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Advanced robotics for Lunar and Martian Exploration
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University (College Station)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Center for Invasive Species Eradication, Texas AgriLife Research, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Forensic Science Academy
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas Engineering Extension Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Policy Analyses for National Secure and Sustainable Food, Fiber, Forestry and Energy Program, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Texas AgriLife Extension Service, College Station, TX for a youth obesity prevention initiative
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Colorado River Storage, CRSP, Section 5
(Energy and Water)
Amount $7,965,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Colorado River, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Colorado River Storage, CRSP, Section 8
(Energy and Water)
Amount $2,571,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Colorado River, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Colorado River Water Quality Improvement Program
(Energy and Water)
Amount $221,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Colorado River, Texas Recipients

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