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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) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Corpus Christi RTA Bus & Bus Facilities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description FM 3503 Relocation Improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description George Bush Intercontinental, noise mitigation
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients George Bush Intercontinental Airport (Houston, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lake Ridge Parkway Extension
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Grand Prairie, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lane expansion of RM 1431
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Port of Orange Intermodal Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) Locations Orange, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Port Road Expansion and Improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rio Metro Intercity Transit
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) Locations Hidalgo, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Texas at El Paso, Reconstruction of On-ramp
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients University of Texas at El Paso
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description US 287 Ennis Bypass from BU 287 to South of SH 34
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients

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