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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Houston Ship Channel
(Energy and Water)
Amount $17,221,000 Sponsors Rep. Al Green (D-TX)
Former Rep. Gene Green (D-TX)
Former Rep. Nick Lampson (D-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients City of Houston, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Human-Robot Teams at Texas A&M University
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $705,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Texas Recipients Texas A&M University (College Station)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Johnson County Stop the Offender Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $188,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Johnson, Texas Recipients Johnson County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Johnson Creek, Upper Trinity Basin
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,638,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Arlington, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lake Granbury and Lake Whitney Assessment
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Livestock and Dairy Policy
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $738,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
Former Rep. Jim Walsh (R-NY)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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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)
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Locations Texas Recipients
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 Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources
(Energy and Water)
Amount $2,706,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
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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

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