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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Freeport Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $709,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Fort Hood Training Lands Restoration and Maintenance
(Defense)
Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas AgriLife Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Fort Hood Digitization
(Defense)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Rep. John Carter (R-TX) Locations College Station, Texas Recipients Texas Engineering Experiment Station
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Food Safety for Listeria and E Coli
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $80,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations College Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description EP-3E Environmental Cooling System Upgrade
(Defense)
Amount $5,040,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Waco, Texas Recipients L3 Technologies Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Efficient Irrigation
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,235,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
...more
Locations Texas; New Mexico Recipients New Mexico State University; Texas A&M University (College Station)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Efficient Irrigation
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,715,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Mike Conaway (R-TX)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
...more
Locations Texas; New Mexico Recipients New Mexico State University; Texas A&M University (College Station)
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 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 Dallas Floodway Extension, Trinity River Project
(Energy and Water)
Amount $12,792,000 Sponsors Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
...more
Locations Dallas, Texas Recipients

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