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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 Wright Patman Dam and Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $4,207,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Live Fire Shoot House
(Military Construction)
Amount $4,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Camp Bullis, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Rio Grande Project
(Energy and Water)
Amount $4,172,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Waco Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $4,169,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Palo Alto Battlefield National Park
(Interior)
Amount $4,120,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Brownsville, Texas Recipients Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park (Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alliance for NanoHealth
(Defense)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Alliance for NanoHealth
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Houston Area Air Traffic System (HAATS)
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description State and Local Cybersecurity Training, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
(Homeland Security)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients University of Texas at San Antonio
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Columbia Regional Geospatial Service Center System
(Defense)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Nagodoches, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Gaiveston Causeway Bridge
(Homeland Security)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
...more
Locations Galveston, Texas Recipients

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