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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 2009 Description Texas Water Allocation Assessment, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (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 2009 Description Town Bluff Dam, B A Steinhagen Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $2,539,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Upper Trinity River Basin, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $382,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients Trinity River Vision Authority
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Waco Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $4,398,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Walusville Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,622,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Whitney Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $8,959,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Williamson County Water Recycling Project
(Energy and Water)
Amount $600,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Williamson County, Texas Recipients Williamson County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Wright Patman Dam and Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $4,207,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Spring Lake, San Marcos, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $0 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Brazos River Basin - Elm Creek
(Energy and Water)
Amount $175,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Abilene, Texas Recipients

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )