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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 2010 Description The City of Crystal City for water infrastructure improvements
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Crystal City, Texas Recipients Crystal City, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Southwest Consortium for Environmental Research and Policy (SCERP)
(Interior)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Former Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
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Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients University of Texas at El Paso
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description The cities of El Paso and Brownsville for water and wastewater infrastructure
(Interior)
Amount $2,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients City of El Paso, Texas; City of Brownsville, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description The City of Gainesville for the water treatment plant expansion project
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Gainesville, Texas Recipients City of Gainesville, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
(Interior)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Hidalgo County, Texas Recipients U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description The City of Joshua for the Joshua drainage project in Johnson County
(Interior)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Joshua, Texas Recipients City of Joshua, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Redesign Ratcliff Lake Recreation Area and Campground
(Interior)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) Locations Kennard, Texas Recipients Davy Crockett National Forest
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description The City of La Vernia for drinking water infrastructure
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations La Vernia, Texas Recipients City of La Vernia, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Lubbock for a treated drinking water pipeline project
(Interior)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients City of Lubbock, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Lufkin for design and construction of drinkingwater infrastructure, storage and treatment capacity
(Interior)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Lufkin, Texas Recipients City of Lufkin, Texas

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