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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Center for Hetero-Functional Materials
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Locations San Angelo, Texas Recipients Angelo State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Center for Information Assurance
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)
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Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Center for North American Studies
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $738,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients Texas AgriLife Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Center for Renewable Energy, Science, and Technology
(Energy and Water)
Amount $984,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Center for Renewable Energy, Science and Technology
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Central City, Fort Worth Upper Trinity River Basin
(Energy and Water)
Amount $7,872,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Trinity River Vision Authority
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Centro de Salud Familiar Le Fe for an elementary charter school, which may include equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $215,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description CentroMed for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $383,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients El Centro del Barrio
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description CH-47 Maintenance Hangar
(Military Construction)
Amount $18,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
Locations Forth Hood, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Channel To Port Bolivar
(Energy and Water)
Amount $535,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Child Development Center
(Military Construction)
Amount $7,400,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Fort Hood, Texas Recipients

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