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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 Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Trinity River Vision for facilities design, construction, and property acquisition of the Trinity River Vision plan
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $539,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Trinity River Vision Authority
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Trinity River Vision Bridges
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,715,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Trinity River Vision Authority
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Trinity River and Tributaries, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $963,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) Locations Trinity River, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Travis County, TX Sheriff Regional Law Enforcement Training Center
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $352,500 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Locations Travis, Texas Recipients Travis County (Texas) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Travis County Sheriff Regional Law Enforcement Training Center in Austin
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Locations Austin, Texas Recipients Travis County (Texas) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Trauma Care, Research and Training
(Defense)
Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients National Trauma Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Transportation study for the Texas Medical Center, Houston, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Transit Maintenance Facility Renovations, Galveston, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $237,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) Locations Galveston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Training Support Center
(Military Construction)
Amount $12,600,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Fort Bliss, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Training and curriculum development for a parent-child educational program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $202,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients AVANCE Inc.

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