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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 Cotton Production and Processing Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,228,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Cotton Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,730,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description CR 302 Repaying, Grimes County, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $760,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Grimes County, Texas Recipients Grimes County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Dairy and Meat Goat Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Dallas Area Rapid Transit Northwest/Southeast Light Rail MOS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $87,974,716 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Dallas Floodway Extension, Trinity River Project
(Energy and Water)
Amount $13,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Dallas Floodway, Upper Trinity River Basin
(Energy and Water)
Amount $574,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description DART Bus Procurement
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients Dallas (Texas) Area Rapid Transit
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Decordova Traffic Signal and Turn Lane Upgrade
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $380,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Del Rio, Val Verde County, for construction and expansion of the library
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $237,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Del Rio, Texas Recipients City of Del Rio, Texas

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