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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 2008 Description Manned Space Flight Education Foundation, increased learning opportunities though webcasting, two-way videoconferencing, and the Internet
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $282,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Manned Space Flight Education Foundation Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Midland
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $235,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Locations Midland, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description NASA Johnson Space Center, computer operations and improvements
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $564,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Johnson Space Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Navasota, TX Communications Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $376,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Navasota, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Odessa, TX
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $117,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Locations Odessa, Texas Recipients City of Odessa, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Phoenix House Adolescent Drug Treatment Initiative for Dallas Area Youth
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $564,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Phoenix House, for residential substance abuse treatment for adolescents
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients Phoenix House
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Port Aransas, TX Communications Equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $47,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Port Aransas, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Preserving endangered wetlands, to preserve endangered wetlands and help stop severe erosion in Port Aransas and along the Corpus Christi ship channel, Port Aransas Nature Preserve
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $329,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Presidio, TX Interoperable Communications
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $23,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Presido, Texas Recipients

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