Regardless, the new Democratic House leadership flexed its political muscle, giving 60 percent of the legislation's earmarks to Democratic lawmakers, including U.S. Rep. Chet Edwards, D-Waco, a member of the Appropriations Committee. Edwards received $100,000 for the preservation of the Granbury Historic Opera House, half a million dollars for the water storage tank in Grandview, and another $500,000 for a wastewater improvement system in Hillsboro.