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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

(desc)

Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Rotor Blade Protection Against Sand and Water Erosion
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Carbon Nanotube Chemical Detector
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Waco, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Biochemical Agent Detection
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Avionics Life Extension
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Waco, Texas Recipients Baylor University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Microencapsulation and Vaccine Delivery
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Stand-off Biochemical Agent Detection
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University (College Station)
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)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description CR 302 Repaying, Grimes County, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $760,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Grimes County, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Advanced robotics for Lunar and Martian Exploration
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University (College Station)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Emergency Operations Center, Johnson County, TX
(Homeland Security)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Johnson County, Texas Recipients Johnson County, Texas

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )