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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)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description SH66 from SH205 to FM549
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) Locations Rockwall, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sugar Land Airport, expansion
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,960,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX) Locations Sugar Land, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Teens in the Drivers Seat
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $343,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas College for construction and renovation of existing space and for equipment for childcare, healthcare, and learning needs
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Locations Tyler, Texas Recipients Texas College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas Wesleyan University for renovation of the Neighborhood Empowerment Zone surrounding Texas Wesleyan University
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $147,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Texas Wesleyan University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The Woodlands Capital Cost of Contracting
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $294,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Thomas Road Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $686,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations McAllen, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description To the Martin Luther King Family Center, for renovation and construction of a family center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tom Green County, for the relocation and expansion of the Tom Green County Library, the only public library in the region
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $137,200 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations San Angelo, Texas Recipients Tom Green County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Trinity River Vision Bridges
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,715,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Trinity River Vision Authority

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )