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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) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
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 AB Christian Learning Center, for a higher education resource center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) Locations Ft Worth, Texas Recipients AB Christian Learning Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Feasibility Study
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations Sullivan City, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Galveston Seawall
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Locations Galveston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Hillsboro Independent School District, Hillsboro, TX for its GEAR UP program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Hillsboro, Texas Recipients Hillsboro (Texas) Independent School District
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Madison SI. Joseph's Health Center, Madisonville, TX for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Madisonville, Texas Recipients St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital (Madisonville, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Midland Independent School District, Midland, TX for a teacher training initiative in conjunction with Texas Mathworks
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Locations Midland, Texas Recipients Midland (Texas) Independent School District
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description NETEX Rail Rehabilitation Initiative, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Project ARRIBA, El Paso, TX, for workforce development and economic opportunities in the West Texas region
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX for the Center for the Study of Addiction
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients Texas Tech University (Lubbock)

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