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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) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Close Proximity Space Situational Awareness
(Defense)
Amount $640,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Medium Approach Lighting System (MALSR ) installation
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $637,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Arlington, Texas Recipients Arlington (Texas) Municipal Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Regionalized Implications of Farm Programs
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $634,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients Texas AgriLife Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alliance for NanoHealth, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $622,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Alliance for NanoHealth
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Harris Methodist Ft. Worth Hospital, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $618,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth (Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Interstate 69, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $617,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)
Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX)
Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description The Houston Food Bank, Houston, TX for the purchase and renovation of a new building
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $617,500 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
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Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Houston (Texas) Food Bank
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Del Rio
(Homeland Security)
Amount $600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients City of Del Rio, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description The Houston Mayor Interoperability Initiative
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients City of Houston, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Williamson County Water Recycling Project
(Energy and Water)
Amount $600,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Williamson County, Texas Recipients Williamson County, Texas

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