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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 2010 Description Houston Southeast Corridor LRT, Houston, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $75,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Houston, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $8,990,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Houston Zoo for development of an educational broadcast program
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $294,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Houston (Texas) Zoo Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Houston Zoo, for educational programming
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Houston (Texas) Zoo Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Huguley Memorial Medical Center, Burleson, TX for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $380,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Burleson, Texas Recipients Huguley Memorial Medical Center (Burleson, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Human Nutrition Research, Houston, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $254,000 Sponsors Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA)
Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Human Nutrition Research, Houston, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Human-Robot Teams at Texas A&M University
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $705,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Texas A&M University (College Station)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Hunting Bayou, Houston, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Huston Tillotson University, Austin, TX for math and science education initiative
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Locations Austin, Texas Recipients Huston-Tillotson University

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