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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Upper Trinity River Basin, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $269,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)
Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
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Locations Trinity River, Texas Recipients Trinity River Vision Authority
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description US HWY 287 Bypass, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description W.C. Austin Project
(Energy and Water)
Amount $439,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Waco Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,711,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Locations Waco Lake, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Wallisville Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $2,009,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Wallisville Lake, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Whitney Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $8,891,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Locations Whitney Lake, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Wind Science and Engineering Center
(Energy and Water)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Wool Research, MT, TX, WY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $206,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Locations Texas; Wyoming Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Zumwalt National Program for Countermeasures to Biological and Chemical Threats
(Defense)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Texas Tech University (Lubbock)

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