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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 2010 Description Cedar Bayou, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,701,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Locations Cedar Bayou, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Center for Advanced Scientific Modeling (CASCAM)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $700,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Channel to Harlingen, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $2,054,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Locations Harlingen, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Channel to Port Bolivar, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $364,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Port Bolivar, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Clear Creek, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,211,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX)
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Clear Creek, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Corpus Christi Ship Channel, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $4,298,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Cypress Valley Watershed, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $90,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Dallas Floodway Extension, Trinity River Project, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $12,594,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
...more
Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Dallas Floodway, Dallas, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,345,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
...more
Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Denison Dam, Lake Texoma, TX & OK
(Energy and Water)
Amount $8,740,000 Sponsors President *
Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK)
Former Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Locations Lake Texoma, Texas Recipients

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