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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 Nueces River and Tributaries, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $574,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Freeport Harbor, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $574,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Locations Freeport Harbor, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Virtual Vietnam Archive, Lubbock, TX to digitize library holdings
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $571,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Sam Johnson (R-TX) Locations Lubbock, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Denton Municipal Airport, Various Improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $570,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Denton, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description IH 30 at SH 34 and Monty Stratton Parkway Initiative, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $570,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description NASA Johnson Space Center, computer operations and improvements
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $564,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Johnson Space Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Phoenix House Adolescent Drug Treatment Initiative for Dallas Area Youth
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $564,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Taxiway
(Military Construction)
Amount $554,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Randolph AFB, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Power Micro-Grids for Colonias Along the Texas/Mexico Border
(Energy and Water)
Amount $550,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Grain Sorghum
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $548,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-KS)
Former Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS)
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS)
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Locations Texas Recipients

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