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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) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description La Vernia, Poth, and Stockdale PD equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations Stockdale, Texas Recipients La Vernia (Texas) Police Department; Poth (Texas) Police Department; City of Stockdale, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Fort Stockton Economic Development Corporation, Fort Stockton, TX Fort Stockton Small Business Development Program
(Financial Services)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Stockton, Texas Recipients Fort Stockton (Texas) Economic Development Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX for facilities and equipment for the Center for Translational Neoroinformatics
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Tyler, Texas Recipients University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description AVANCE, Inc., Waco, TX for a family literacy program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Waco, Texas Recipients AVANCE Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Texas State Technical College, Waco, TX for its Career Paths for Veterans project
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Waco, Texas Recipients Texas State Technical College Waco
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Bosque River Watershed, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Rio Grande Basin, NM, CO and TX (Section 729)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $103,000 Sponsors Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
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Locations New Mexico; Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Irrigation Canal Infrastructure Restoration and Water Conservation
(Energy and Water)
Amount $109,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Gang Identification and Enforcement Unit
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $110,000 Sponsors Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Harris County (Texas) Constable Precinct 6
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Dairy and Meat Goat Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $111,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients Prairie View A&M University

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