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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 2010 Description Life sciences accelerator facilities and equipment
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Abilene, Texas Recipients City of Abilene, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Construction of the Alpine Public Library
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Alpine, Texas Recipients City of Alpine, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Angelina County Cassell-Boykin County Park Project facility renovation
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Locations Angelina County, Texas Recipients Angelina County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Medium Approach Lighting System (MALSR ) installation
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $637,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Arlington, Texas Recipients Arlington (Texas) Municipal Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Accessible fleet replacement
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $0 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Austin, Texas Recipients Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Austin, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description MetroRapid BRT
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $13,370,204 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Austin, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Renovation and expansion of a visitor center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Locations Bastrop, Texas Recipients City of Bastrop, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description North Rail Relocation Project, Cameron County, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Cameron County, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Corpus Christi Regional Intermodal Transit Facility, Robstown, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Northwest/Southeast LRT MOS, Dallas, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $84,124,745 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients

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