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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 2010 Description University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX for a comprehensive cancer control program to address the needs of minority and medically underserved populations
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description La Feria Solar Lighting Initiative
(Energy and Water)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) Locations La Feria, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description The City of La Vernia for drinking water infrastructure
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations La Vernia, Texas Recipients City of La Vernia, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description San Bernardo Avenue Restoration, Laredo, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Laredo, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Midland, TX, for renovations to 30-year-old facilities which serve the Midland community
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) Locations Midland, Texas Recipients City of Midland, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Nacogdoches for construction of two detention ponds
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Nacogdoches, Texas Recipients City of Nacogdoches, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of New Braunfels, TX
(Homeland Security)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations New Braunfels, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Robstown, TX
(Homeland Security)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Locations Robstown, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Round Rock, TX, Downtown Revitalization and Main Street improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Round Rock, Texas Recipients City of Round Rock, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description San Antonio Metropolitan Health District, San Antonio, TX for a program to assess the health behaviors of the Kelly community and address health issues such as lead poisoning, asthma, and indoor pollutants
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX) Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients San Antonio (Texas) Metropolitan Health District

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