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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) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description FM509 Extension
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Harlingen, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description MTA Advanced Transit Program/Metro Solutions Bus Expansion, Harris County, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Locations Harris County, Texas Recipients Harris County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Port Aransas Ferryboat Expansion, Port Aransas, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Port Aransas, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Ports-to-Plains Trade Corridor (Texas Portion), TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Reconstruction and Widening of SH-349, Martin and Dawson Counties, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Locations Martin County, Dawson County, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Relocation of Intersection FM 359 and Mason Road, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations 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 Redesign Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area and Campground
(Interior)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) Locations Kennard, Texas Recipients Davy Crockett National Forest
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Center for Clean Fuels and Power Generation at the University of Houston
(Energy and Water)
Amount $475,750 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients University of Houston
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Bexar County Photovoltaic Panels
(Energy and Water)
Amount $475,750 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
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Locations Bexar County, Texas Recipients Bexar County, Texas

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