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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 2009 Description City of Houston
(Homeland Security)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients City of Houston, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of New Braunfels
(Homeland Security)
Amount $360,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) Locations New Braunfels, Texas Recipients City of New Braunfels, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Del Rio: Comstock Station
(Homeland Security)
Amount $25,000,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Comstock, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description El Paso, TX Consolidation of facilities
(Homeland Security)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients City of El Paso, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description EL Paso: Expanded Checkpoints
(Homeland Security)
Amount $1,513,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients City of El Paso, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Emergency Operations Center, City of Del Rio
(Homeland Security)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Del Rio, Texas Recipients City of Del Rio, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Gaiveston Causeway Bridge
(Homeland Security)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
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Locations Galveston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Harris County Flood Control District
(Homeland Security)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX) Locations Harris County, Texas Recipients Harris County (Texas) Flood Control District
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Laredo, TX Hangar, Maintenance & Admin
(Homeland Security)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Laredo, Texas Recipients City of Laredo, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Marfa: Presidio, TX Station
(Homeland Security)
Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Presidio, Texas Recipients

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