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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Battle Command Training Center, Phase 1
(Military Construction)
Amount $1,950,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Fort Sam Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Battlefield Health and Trauma Bio-Med Lab
(Military Construction)
Amount $7,473,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Fort Sam Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Battlefield Health and Trauma, Increment 2
(Military Construction)
Amount $53,000,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Fort Sam Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Baylor College of Medicine, construction, renovation, and equipment at the Vannie E Cook, Jr. Children's Cancer and Hematology Clinic
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $167,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Baylor College of Medicine
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX for epidemiological research and educational outreach related to childhood cancer in cooperation with the Vannie E. Cook Jr. Cancer Foundation in McAllen, TX
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $307,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Baylor College of Medicine
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Baylor Physical Sciences Laboratory enhancement at Baylor University
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $658,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Baylor University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Baylor Research Institute, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $337,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Baylor University, Waco, TX for its Language and Literacy Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Waco, Texas Recipients Baylor University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Bayport Ship Channel
(Energy and Water)
Amount $177,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Bee Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $242,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Weslaco, Texas Recipients

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