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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) Amount

(desc)

 Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Trinity River Vision for facilities design, construction, and property acquisition of the Trinity River Vision plan
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 Amount $539,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
...more		 Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Trinity River Vision Authority
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Nueces River Project
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $539,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Brazos Island Harbor, Brownsville Channel, TX
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $538,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)		 Locations Brazos Island, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Channel To Port Bolivar
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $535,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX for facilities and equipment for the a Center for Targeted Therapy
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $533,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Culberson (R-TX)
Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX)
...more		 Locations Houston, Texas Recipients University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Texas Cyber Security Research and Training Institute
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $529,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) Locations Tyler, Texas Recipients University of Texas at Tyler
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $523,325 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Road Construction, Hidalgo County, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 Amount $522,500 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations Hidalgo County, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description United States Army Sergeants Major Academy Lecture Center Audio-Visual expansion and upgrade
(Defense)		 Amount $520,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) Locations Fort Bliss, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Hidalgo County Truancy Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $517,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) Locations Hidalgo, Texas Recipients Hidalgo County, Texas

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