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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 Description (Bill) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Baylor University, Waco, TX for its Language and Literacy Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Waco, Texas Recipients Baylor University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Education Service Center, Region 12, Hillsboro, TX for a GEAR UP college preparedness program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Hillsboro, Texas Recipients Education Service Center Region 12 (Waco, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Houston Zoo, for educational programming
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Houston (Texas) Zoo Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Project ARRIBA, for workforce development in the West Texas region
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tarrant County Infant Mortality Task Force, for education and outreach programs
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) Locations Ft. Worth, Texas Recipients Tarrant County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas Chiropractic College, for health professions training.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX) Locations Pasadena, Texas Recipients Texas Chiropractic College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX for health professionals training, including facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX for the Centralized Clinical Placement system, including purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Locations Galveston, Texas Recipients University of Texas Medical Branch
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description AVANCE, Inc., for a family literacy program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Waco, Texas Recipients AVANCE Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Houston Baptist University, Houston, TX. for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Houston Christian University

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