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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sugar Land Airport, expansion
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,960,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX) Locations Sugar Land, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Surface Enhanced Infrared Detection of Threats
(Defense)
Amount $2,640,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Lynntech Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sustainable Agricultural Freshwater Conservation
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,527,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tactical SIPRNET
(Defense)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients Action Systems
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tarleton State University Rural Law Enforcement Project
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $705,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Stephenville, Texas Recipients Tarleton State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tarleton State University, for the Rural Nursing Education Program, including purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Stephenville, Texas Recipients Tarleton State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tarrant County Infant Mortality Task Force, for education and outreach programs
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) Locations Ft. Worth, Texas Recipients Tarrant County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Taxiway
(Military Construction)
Amount $554,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Randolph AFB, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Taxiway West Flightline
(Military Construction)
Amount $2,950,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Randolph AFB, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Team Focus, Inc. to establish a youth mentoring program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Morgan, Texas Recipients Team Focus Inc.

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