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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description A Child is Missing
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $446,500 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients A Child Is Missing Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Brazos River Basin - Elm Creek
(Energy and Water)
Amount $148,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Abilene, Texas Recipients
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 Police Department
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $253,800 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Abilene, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Addition to Fitness Center
(Military Construction)
Amount $5,800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Locations Goodfellow AFB, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Addition/Alteration for San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) North Incr. 1
(Military Construction)
Amount $156,035,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients San Antonio (Texas) Military Medical Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Adjudicated Youth Program at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $188,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Advanced Fuel Cell Research Program
(Defense)
Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Beaumont, Texas Recipients Lamar University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations San Marcos, Texas Recipients Texas State University-San Marcos

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