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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 Grain Sorghum
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $515,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-KS)
Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description I-69, US-77 Upgrades from Harlingen to I-37
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $514,500 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Quiet Zone at Union Pacific grade crossings
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Round Rock, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Manned Space Flight Education Foundation to create a virtual space community for students
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Houston, Texas Recipients Manned Space Flight Education Foundation Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Medina County Sheriffs Office Mobile Data Systems
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Medina County, Texas Recipients Medina County (Texas) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Middle Rio Grande Development Council Border Interoperability Communication Project
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Middle Rio Grande region, Texas Recipients Middle Rio Grande Development Council
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Phoenix House Adolescent Drug Prevention and Treatment for Dallas Area Youth
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients Phoenix House
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas A&M University to develop new robotic technologies
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University (College Station)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas Engineering Experiment Station/Texas A&M University-College Station Space Engineering Institute
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas Engineering Extension Service, in partnership with Texas State University Project Protect
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas State University-San Marcos; Texas Engineering Extension Service

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