Menu Search Account

LegiStorm

Get LegiStorm App Visit Product Demo Website
» Get LegiStorm App
» Get LegiStorm Pro Free Demo
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

(desc)

Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas Center for Advanced Science Computing and Modeling
(Energy and Water)
Amount $738,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Nueces River Project
(Energy and Water)
Amount $735,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Port Aransas Ferryboat Expansion
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $735,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Reconstruction of Long Point Road
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $735,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation, for the Presidential timeline project
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $718,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) Locations Austin, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas Water Allocation Assessment
(Energy and Water)
Amount $713,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
...more
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Student Officer Quarters, Ph 2
(Military Construction)
Amount $713,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
...more
Locations Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Alternative Fuel Buses
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description El Paso Rural County Transit
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Noise Mitigation
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients George Bush Intercontinental Airport (Houston, Texas)

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