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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 2008 Description Texas Investigations Program
(Energy and Water)
Amount $112,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Madison St. Joseph Health Center, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $115,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Madisonville, Texas Recipients St. Joseph Health Madison Hospital (Madisonville, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Odessa, TX
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $117,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Locations Odessa, Texas Recipients City of Odessa, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description SH 171 and FM 2231 Traffic Signal, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $118,750 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Hidalgo County Waste to Energy Project
(Energy and Water)
Amount $118,938 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) Locations Hidalgo County, Texas Recipients Hidalgo County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Parenting education programs
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $119,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Locations Waco, Texas Recipients AVANCE Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas Institute for Genomic Medicine, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $119,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Driscoll Children's Hospital, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $119,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Driscoll Children's Hospital (Corpus Christi, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description McAllen Independent School District, McAllen, TX for summer math camps and school year math programs, which may include equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $119,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) Locations McAllen, Texas Recipients McAllen (Texas) Independent School District
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sparks Arroyo Colonia, El Paso County
(Energy and Water)
Amount $123,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients El Paso County, Texas

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