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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 Sun Metro Fuel Facility Improvements, El Paso, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas Bus Acquisition, City of El Paso, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients City of El Paso, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Nueces River Project
(Energy and Water)
Amount $711,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Nueces River, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Freeport Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $709,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Human-Robot Teams at Texas A&M University
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $705,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Texas A&M University (College Station)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description La Esperanza Home for Boys
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $705,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Locations Austin, Texas Recipients La Esperanza Home for Boys (Brownsville, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sam Houston State University, for crime lab technologies
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $705,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Huntsville, Texas Recipients Sam Houston State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tarleton State University Rural Law Enforcement Project
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $705,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Stephenville, Texas Recipients Tarleton State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling
(Energy and Water)
Amount $700,304 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description First responder equipment, technology, and interoperability upgrades
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $700,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Belton, Texas Recipients City of Belton, Texas

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