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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 Del Rio: Comstock Station
(Homeland Security)
Amount $25,000,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Comstock, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Denison Dam, Lake Texoma
(Energy and Water)
Amount $6,164,000 Sponsors Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK)
Former Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Denison Dam, Lake Texoma (Shoreline Management Plan)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $238,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Denton Municipal Airport, Various Improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $570,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Denton, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Designing Foods for Health
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,385,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Digital Multipurpose Range Complex
(Military Construction)
Amount $42,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Fort Bliss, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Disabled American Veterans, Webb County Chapter 76, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $190,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations Laredo, Texas Recipients Disabled American Veterans Webb County (Texas) Chapter 76
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Driscoll Children's Hospital, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $119,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Driscoll Children's Hospital (Corpus Christi, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Driscoll Children's Hospital, for renovation and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Driscoll Children's Hospital (Corpus Christi, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Dynamic Component Rebuild Facility
(Military Construction)
Amount $39,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients

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