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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 2009 Description Texas Border Sheriffs Coalition
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $4,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University-College Station Space Engineering Institute
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas Engineering Extension Service, in partnership with Texas State University Project Protect
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas State University-San Marcos; Texas Engineering Extension Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas Medical Center for emergency communications equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Texas Medical Center (Houston, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas A&M Corpus Christi Adjudicated Youth Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas State University Train-the-Trainer (ALERRT)
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
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Locations San Marcos, Texas Recipients Texas State University-San Marcos
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas Team Focus to establish a youth mentoring program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $350,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Morgan, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas Tech University Engineering support for extended human and robotic space flight missions - Texas Tech University
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients Texas Tech University (Lubbock)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description The Foundation for Community Empowerment, Inc Dallas Achieves - Transforming Public Education in Dallas, Texas, Through Math, Science and Technology Initiatives
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,450,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients Foundation for Community Empowerment Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description The Houston Mayor Interoperability Initiative
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients City of Houston, Texas

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