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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 Franklin, for planning, design and construction of a school sidewalk
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $332,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Franklin, Texas Recipients City of Franklin, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Ft. Worth, for the Early Childhood Matters Initiative
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $285,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) Locations Ft Worth, Texas Recipients City of Fort Worth, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Goliad, Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements
(Interior)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) Locations Goliad, Texas Recipients City of Goliad, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Groesbeck, TX for design and renovation of a park in Groesbeck, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $332,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Groesbeck, Texas Recipients City of Groesbeck, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Hillsboro, for streetscape improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $190,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Hillsboro, Texas Recipients City of Hillsboro, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Hondo, Sanitary Sewer Overflow Initiative
(Interior)
Amount $253,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Hondo, Texas Recipients City of Hondo, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Houston
(Homeland Security)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients City of Houston, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Houston Interoperability Initiative
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients City of Houston, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Houston, for redevelopment of the landfill adjacent to Sunnyside Park into recreational facilities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $285,000 Sponsors Rep. Al Green (D-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients City of Houston, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Houston, for renovation of the 1926 Gregory School into an archive, library and exhibition space
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $237,500 Sponsors Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients City of Houston, Texas

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