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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 2009 Description City of Austin Police Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $350,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Locations Austin, Texas Recipients Austin (Texas) Police Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Austin, for facilities and equipment for Austin community health centers
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Locations Austin, Texas Recipients City of Austin, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Bay City NuBLAC Rehab Center
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Locations Bay City, Texas Recipients Nu Beginnings Labor Action Committee Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Beaumont, TX for streetscaping improvements in downtown Beaumont
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $190,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Beaumont, Texas Recipients City of Beaumont, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Bryan, West Bryan Wastewater Treatment Plant
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Bryan, Texas Recipients City of Bryan, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Cotulla, Cotulla Wastewater Infrastructure System Repairs
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations Cotulla, Texas Recipients City of Cotulla, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Dallas, for a pilot Job training program at the International Inland Port of Texas
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $186,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients City of Dallas, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Dallas, for family literacy
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $214,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients City of Dallas, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Denton Public Safety Training Facility
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) Locations Denton, Texas Recipients City of Denton, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Fort Worth, for property acquisition that will be needed to construct various components of the Trinity River Vision economic development project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $285,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients City of Fort Worth, Texas; Trinity River Vision Authority

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