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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 2009 Description AN/AVS-7 Day Heads-Up Display (DayHUD)
(Defense)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)
Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Security Forces Training Facility
(Military Construction)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Fort Worth NAS JRB, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description UH-60A Rewiring Program
(Defense)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description EP-3E Requirements Capability Migration Systems Integration Lab
(Defense)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Waco, Texas Recipients L-3 Communications Integrated Systems LP
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Big Thicket National Preserve
(Interior)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients Big Thicket National Preserve
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description National Biodefense Training Center
(Defense)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Galveston, Texas Recipients International Biosafety Training Center; University of Texas Medical Branch
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $4,982,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Joint Indoor Training Tank
(Military Construction)
Amount $4,970,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Fort Worth NAS JRB, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Brazos Island Harbor, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $4,959,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
...more
Locations Brazos Island, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description El Paso/Brownsville set aside from Mexico Border Funds
(Interior)
Amount $4,922,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
...more
Locations Texas Recipients City of El Paso, Texas; City of Brownsville, Texas

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )