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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 Description (Bill) Amount

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Bee Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $242,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Weslaco, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Hearne for construction of a visitors center and museum for the WWII POW camp
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Hearne, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Middle Brazos River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $246,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Hood County Sheriffs Department City of Granbury Record Management System
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Granbury, Texas Recipients Hood County (Texas) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Alvarado, Sanitary Sewer Improvements
(Interior)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Alvarado, Texas Recipients City of Alvarado, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lower Colorado River Basin, Wharton/Onion
(Energy and Water)
Amount $258,000 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Wharton/Onion, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Memorial Drive Feasibility Study
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $294,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Beverly Hill, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Bellmead for facility construction, renovation, and build out
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $294,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Bellmead, Texas Recipients City of Bellmead, Texas
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 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

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