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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 2009 Description Center for American History, for emergency repair and renovation of the Sam Rayburn Library and Museum
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $142,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) Locations Austin, Texas Recipients University of Texas at Austin Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description 4-Laning of Texas SH 24 (from I-30 to the Oklahoma State Line)
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) Locations Paris, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Abilene
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $17,000,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Abilene, Texas Recipients City of Abilene, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Advanced Transit Program/METRO Solutions Bus Expansion
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Alliance Airport, Runway Extension
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,757,500 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients Fort Worth (Texas) Alliance Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Alternative Fuel Buses
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Arlington Chamber of Commerce, for completion of the establishment of The Center for Innovation at Arlington
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $190,000 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 2009 Description Arlington Municipal Airport, Medium Approach Lighting System (MALSR)
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $963,300 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) Locations Arlington, Texas Recipients Arlington (Texas) Municipal Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Big Creek Mitigation Plan for Highway 36
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Brownsville Urban System City Wide Transit Improvement
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $237,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Locations Brownsville, Texas Recipients Brownsville (Texas) Urban System

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