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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 Advanced Fuel Cell Research Program
(Defense)
Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Beaumont, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Advanced fuel cell research program
(Defense)
Amount $3,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Beaumont, Texas Recipients Lamar University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations San Marcos, Texas Recipients Texas State University-San Marcos
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Locations San Marcos, Texas Recipients Texas State University-San Marcos
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training (ALERRT)
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Locations San Marcos, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Advanced robotics for Lunar and Martian Exploration
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University (College Station)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Advanced Soldier-Portable Power Systems Technologies
(Defense)
Amount $2,480,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Texas Recipients Ultralife Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Advanced Transit Program/METRO Solutions Bus Expansion
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Rep. Al Green (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Advanced Transit Program/METRO Solutions Bus Expansion
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Advanced Transit Program/METRO Solutions Bus Expansion, Houston, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,420,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
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Locations Houston, Texas Recipients

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