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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 Temple, Industrial Park Wastewater Line and Interceptor
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Temple, Texas Recipients City of Temple, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of White Settlement Emergency Management, Police, and Fire Department Interoperable Communications Project
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations White Settlement, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Clear Creek
(Energy and Water)
Amount $478,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Close Proximity Space Situational Awareness
(Defense)
Amount $640,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description CNG Bus Replacement, Fort Worth Transportation Authority, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,425,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
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Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Trinity Metro (Fort Worth, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Coastal Bend Workforce Development Board, for nurse training for rural communities
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $381,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Coastal Bend Workforce Development Board
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Colonias-Lower Rio Grande Basin
(Energy and Water)
Amount $239,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center System
(Defense)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Nagodoches, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Comal County Courthouse
(Interior)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Committee for Action Program Services, for professional development and curriculum enhancements for teachers
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $219,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Locations Cedar Hill, Texas Recipients

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