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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)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Bosque County
(Homeland Security)
Amount $40,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Bosque, Texas Recipients Bosque County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Alpine
(Homeland Security)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients City of Alpine, Texas
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 2008 Description City of Fort Worth
(Homeland Security)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients City of Fort Worth, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Georgetown
(Homeland Security)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients City of Georgetown, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Missouri City
(Homeland Security)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Missouri City, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Galveston Causeway Bridge
(Homeland Security)
Amount $3,750,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
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Locations Galveston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Galveston direct messaging pilot program
(Homeland Security)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rebuild station and waterfront at Base Galveston, Phase 1
(Homeland Security)
Amount $5,200,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Galveston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description State and Local Cybersecurity Training, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
(Homeland Security)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients University of Texas at San Antonio

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