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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) Amount

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Bryan, West Bryan Wastewater Treatment Plant
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Bryan, Texas Recipients City of Bryan, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Forensic Science Academy
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas Engineering Extension Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Texas Engineering Extension Service, in partnership with Texas State University Project Protect
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas State University-San Marcos; Texas Engineering Extension Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Grain Sorghum
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $515,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Nancy Boyda (D-KS)
Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Rep. Dennis Moore (D-KS)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Brazos Island Harbor, Brownsville Channel, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $538,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Locations Brazos Island, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Dallas Floodway, Upper Trinity River Basin
(Energy and Water)
Amount $574,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Brazos Valley Transportation Management Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $588,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alsbury Boulevard Extension
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $588,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Burleson, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Regionalized Implications of Farm Programs, MO, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $595,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) Locations Texas Recipients

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