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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 2010 Description Forensic Science Academy
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas Engineering Extension Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Corpus Christi Regional Intermodal Transit Facility, Robstown, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description The City of Crystal City for water infrastructure improvements
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX) Locations Crystal City, Texas Recipients Crystal City, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Dallas Achieves - Transforming Public Education in Dallas, Texas, Through Math, Science and Technology Initiatives
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients Foundation for Community Empowerment Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas, TX for facilities and equipment for the Pharmacy Inpatient Robotics program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients Dallas County (Texas) Hospital District
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Ft. Worth, TX to enhance collections
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Fort Worth, TX, Trinity River Vision land acquisition
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients City of Fort Worth, Texas; Trinity River Vision Authority
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Community Learning Center, Inc., Ft Worth, TX for a job training initiative
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) Locations Fort Worth, Texas Recipients Community Learning Center Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description The City of Gainesville for the water treatment plant expansion project
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Gainesville, Texas Recipients City of Gainesville, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Hidalgo, TX
(Homeland Security)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) Locations Hidalgo, Texas Recipients

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