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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 Widening Loop 281
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Locations Longview, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Advancing Texas Biofuel Production
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Dallas-Trinity Water Reclamation and Reuse Study
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lake Granbury and Lake Whitney Assessment
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
(Interior)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Northeast Texas Community College Biodiesel
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Raymondville Drain
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Richmond, Fort Bend County for a Water and Wastewater Project
(Interior)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX) Locations Richmond, Texas Recipients Fort Bend County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas A&M Green Campus Research Initiative
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Texas A&M International University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The City of Grandview for an Elevated Water Storage Tank
(Interior)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Grandview, Texas Recipients City of Grandview, Texas

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