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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

(desc)

Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Limestone County Sheriffs Department technology upgrades
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Limestone County, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Hearne Law Enforcement Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Hearne, Texas Recipients Hearne (Texas) Police Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Grimes County law enforcement technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Anderson, Texas Recipients Grimes County (Texas) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Heart of Texas Workforce Development Center Financial Literacy Program
(Financial Services)
Amount $98,257 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Dallas Floodway, Upper Trinity River Basin
(Energy and Water)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors President * Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Granbury Historic Opera House Theater
(Interior)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Hillsboro Independent School District, Hillsboro, TX for its GEAR UP program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Hillsboro, Texas Recipients Hillsboro (Texas) Independent School District
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description AVANCE, Inc., for a family literacy program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Waco, Texas Recipients AVANCE Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Education Service Center, Region 12, Hillsboro, TX for a GEAR UP college preparedness program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Hillsboro, Texas Recipients Education Service Center Region 12 (Waco, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Baylor University, Waco, TX for its Language and Literacy Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Waco, Texas Recipients Baylor University

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