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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 Abilene Air Traffic Control Facilities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $2,156,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Abilene, Texas Recipients City of Abilene, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Abilene Paratransit Vehicle Replacement
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $431,200 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Abilene, Texas Recipients City of Abilene, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Advanced Transit Program METRO Solutions Phase II
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $0 Sponsors Rep. Al Green (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Advanced Transit Program/METRO Solutions Bus Expansion
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Rep. Al Green (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alliance Airport Runway Extension
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $784,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Fort Worth (Texas) Alliance Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alsbury Boulevard Extension
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $588,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Burleson, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Arlington Chamber of Commerce for commercialization of technology, especially bio- and nano-technology at University of Texas Arlington
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Arlington, Texas Recipients Arlington (Texas) Chamber of Commerce
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Armed Services YMCA for construction of a full service YMCA
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $392,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Killeen, Texas Recipients Armed Services YMCA
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Audie Murphy/American Cotton Museum for construction of a memorial and building
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) Locations Greenville, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Austin Intelligent Transportation Systems
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Locations Austin, Texas Recipients

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