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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 Brazos Valley Transportation Management Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $588,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $254,800 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Austin, Texas Recipients Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Austin, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Austin for streetscape and fa�ade improvements as part of the East Austin Fa�ade Improvement Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $147,000 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Locations Austin, Texas Recipients City of Austin, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Bastrop for planning, design, and construction of a recreational trail
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Locations Bastrop, Texas Recipients City of Bastrop, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Beaumont, Downtown Improvement Program, for streetscape improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $137,200 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Beaumont, Texas Recipients City of Beaumont, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Bellmead for facility construction, renovation, and build out
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $294,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Bellmead, Texas Recipients City of Bellmead, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of El Paso Neighborhood Circulator
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients City of El Paso, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of El Paso Paratransit Van Replacement
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $392,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients City of El Paso, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Hearne for construction of a visitors center and museum for the WWII POW camp
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Hearne, Texas Recipients City of Hearne, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Hillsboro, Downtown Streetscape Project, for streetscape improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $137,200 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Hillsboro, Texas Recipients City of Hillsboro, Texas

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