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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 Hillsboro Independent School District, Hillsboro, TX for its GEAR UP program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Hillsboro, Texas Recipients Hillsboro (Texas) Independent School District
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Hi-Tech Eyes for the Battlefield
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients Southern Methodist University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Honey Bee Lab, Weslaco, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,762,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
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Locations Weslaco, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Hood County Sheriffs Department City of Granbury Record Management System
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Granbury, Texas Recipients Hood County (Texas) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Hords Creek Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,256,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Hords Creek Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,373,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Hords Creek Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,525,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Locations Hords Creek Lake, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Horizon City Police Department Improvements
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Horizon City, Texas Recipients Horizon City (Texas) Police Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Hospital Replacement
(Military Construction)
Amount $52,835,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Fort Bliss, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Hospital Replacement Incr 1
(Military Construction)
Amount $86,975,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Fort Bliss, Texas Recipients

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