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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program, Title I
(Energy and Water)
Amount $10,994,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Colorado River Basin, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program, Title II
(Energy and Water)
Amount $6,612,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Colorado River Basin, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Texas A&M University-Commerce, TX for a science, technology, engineering and math initiative
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) Locations Commerce, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University-Commerce
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Corpus Christi Independent School District, Corpus Christi, TX for its South Texas School Literacy Project
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Corpus Christi (Texas) Independent School District
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Corpus Christi Regional Intermodal Transit Facility, Robstown, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Corpus Christi Ship Channel, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $921,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Texas A&M Adjudicated Youth Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX) Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Texas Height Modernization
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Operational Facilities for T-6
(Military Construction)
Amount $19,764,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Corpus Christi Naval Air Station, Texas Recipients
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

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