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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 Ogallala Aquifer
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,732,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-TX)
Former Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Bushland, Texas Recipients
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 Aerial Application Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $580,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Center for North American Studies
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $693,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Southwest Pecan Research, College Station
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $231,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sorghum Ergot Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $71,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Air Quality
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,090,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Former Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Efficient Irrigation
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,715,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
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Locations Texas; New Mexico Recipients New Mexico State University; Texas A&M University (College Station)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Advancing Biofuel Production, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients Baylor University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Watershed Protection Plan for Hood County, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $67,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Hood County, Texas Recipients

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