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Where are this year's earmarks
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

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Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Food Safety for Listeria and E Coli
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $80,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Fort Hood Digitization
(Defense)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Fort Hood Training Lands Restoration and Maintenance
(Defense)
Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas AgriLife Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Freeport Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $709,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Glen Rose Medical Center, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $315,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Glen Rose, Texas Recipients Glen Rose (Texas) Medical Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Granbury Historic Opera House Theater
(Interior)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Texas Recipients
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 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 2008 Description Aerial Application Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $580,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients

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