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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 2008 Description CR 172 Improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $392,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Grimes, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Brazos Island Harbor, Brownsville Channel
(Energy and Water)
Amount $394,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Advanced Composite Materials Research
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Waco, Texas Recipients Baylor University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Hillsboro, TX, Land acquisition and construction at Hillsboro parks
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Hillsboro, Texas Recipients City of Hillsboro, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Military Family Coping Patterns
(Defense)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) Locations Waco, Texas Recipients Baylor University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Robertson County Sheriff's Department
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Robertson County, Texas Recipients Robertson County (Texas) Sheriff's Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Bryan Multi-Modal Transit Terminal and Parking Facility, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Bryan, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Lower Colorado River Basin, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $406,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
...more
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lower Colorado River Basin
(Energy and Water)
Amount $439,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
...more
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas State University and Texas Engineering Extension Service, Project Protect
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $470,000 Sponsors Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) Locations San Marcos, Texas Recipients Texas State University-San Marcos

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