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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 2010 Description Regionalized Implications of Farm Programs, MO, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $595,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Shrimp Aquaculture, AZ, HI, LA, MA, MS, SC, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $2,908,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
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Locations Hawaii; Louisiana; Massachusetts; Mississippi; South Carolina; Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Sustainable Agricultural Freshwater Conservation, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,434,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Texas Obesity Research Project
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Wool Research, MT, TX, WY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $206,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Locations Texas; Wyoming Recipients
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 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 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 Alief ISD Safe and Drug Free Schools
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $188,000 Sponsors Rep. Al Green (D-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alliance for NanoHealth, translation of nanotechnology from the laboratory to clinical practice
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $846,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Alliance for NanoHealth

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