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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
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/Brownsville Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
(Interior)
Amount $2,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients City of El Paso, Texas; City of Brownsville, 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 Emergency Satellite Communications Packages (JISCC)
(Defense)
Amount $2,800,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Austin, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Enhanced Holographic Imager
(Defense)
Amount $2,480,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Austin, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Ennis Independent School District, for the Alternative Learning Center, including curriculum development and purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $238,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) Locations Ennis, Texas Recipients Ennis (Texas) Independent School District
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description EP-3E Requirements Capability Migration Technology Integration Lab
(Defense)
Amount $4,800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations Waco, Texas Recipients L3 Technologies Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Estelline Springs Experimental Project
(Energy and Water)
Amount $35,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Expert Knowledge Transfer
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX) Locations San Antonio, Texas Recipients

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