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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 2010 Description Organic Semiconductor Modeling and Simulation
(Defense)
Amount $880,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Locations Tyler, Texas Recipients University of Texas at Tyler
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX for the Virtual Vietnam Archive
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $850,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients Texas Tech University (Lubbock)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alliance for NanoHealth, translation of nanotechnology from the laboratory to clinical practice
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $846,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Alliance for NanoHealth
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description O.C. Fisher Dam and Lake, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $842,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Edinburg International Airport improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $833,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) Locations Hidalgo, Texas Recipients South Texas International Airport at Edinburg
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description O.C. Fisher Dam and Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $819,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Big Creek (Tri-County) Watershed Project
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $813,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description America's Army Live-Fire Shoot House Deployment
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX)
Former Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)
Locations Stafford, Texas Recipients Laser Shot Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Biosurety Development and Management Program
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients Romanyk Consulting
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Center for Information Assurance
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Sen. John Warner (R-VA)
Former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA)
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA)
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Locations College Station, Texas Recipients

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