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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-Texas, 17th) - Earmarks Requested

Defeated • Alternate Name: Thomas Chester Edwards
All     Solo     With Other Members     
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     Number 118 Cost $102,960,271
With Other Members          Number 79 Cost $268,153,980
All Congressional                Number 197 Cost $371,114,251
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 236* Cost $847,595,251*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Grassland Soil and Water Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $218,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Temple, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Greens Bayou
(Energy and Water)
Amount $480,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
Locations Houston, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Grimes County law enforcement technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Anderson, Texas Recipients Grimes County (Texas) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Grimes St. Joseph Health Center, Navasota, TX for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Navasota, Texas Recipients St. Joseph Health Grimes Hospital (Navasota, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Guadalupe and San Antonio River Basins
(Energy and Water)
Amount $793,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
...more
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
(Energy and Water)
Amount $29,586,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
...more
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Heart of Texas Workforce Development Center Financial Literacy Program
(Financial Services)
Amount $98,257 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Hill College, Hillsboro, TX for vocational training at the Bosque County campus, which may include equipment and technology
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Hillsboro, Texas Recipients Hill (Texas) College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Hillsboro Independent School District, Hillsboro, TX for its GEAR UP program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Hillsboro, Texas Recipients Hillsboro (Texas) Independent School District
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Honey Bee Lab, Weslaco, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,762,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Locations Weslaco, Texas Recipients

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