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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 Grasshopper program
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $5,552,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations California; Colorado; Idaho; Kansas; Montana; Nebraska; Nevada; New Mexico; North Dakota; Oklahoma; Oregon; South Dakota; Texas; Utah; Washington; Wyoming Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Great Plains Wind Power Test Facility
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,903,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Greens Bayou
(Energy and Water)
Amount $789,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Guadalupe and San Antonio River Basins
(Energy and Water)
Amount $382,000 Sponsors President *
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
...more
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
(Energy and Water)
Amount $29,586,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
...more
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Harris County Flood Control District
(Homeland Security)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Harris County, Texas Recipients Harris County (Texas) Flood Control District
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Harris County Hospital District, for a digital mammography system
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $285,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Harris Health System (Harris County, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Harris County Hospital District, for Ben Taub Hospital
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Harris Health System (Harris County, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Harris County Hospital District, for renovation and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Harris Health System (Harris County, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Harris Methodist Ft. Worth Hospital, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $618,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth (Texas)

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