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View earmark details Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas, 27th) - Earmarks Requested

Defeated • Alternate Name: Solomon Porfirio Ortiz Sr.
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 28 Cost $55,325,514
With Other Members          Number 41 Cost $97,072,500
All Congressional                Number 69 Cost $152,398,014
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 82* Cost $352,869,014*
Earmark Details Year

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 Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM)
(Defense)		 Amount $3,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)
Former Sen. Mark Kirk (R-IL)		 Locations Edina, Minnesota Recipients Alliant Techsystems Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Aquaculture
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $443,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL)
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Former Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)
...more		 Locations Florida; Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Brazos Island Harbor
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $2,804,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)		 Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Brazos Island Harbor, Brownsville Channel
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $394,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)		 Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cameron County, TX Interoperable Communications
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $47,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)		 Locations Cameron, Texas Recipients Cameron County, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Commercial Technologies for Maintenance Activities
(Defense)		 Amount $1,600,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT)
Former Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
Former Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)
...more		 Locations Ann Arbor, Michigan Recipients National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Corpus Christi RTA Bus & Bus Facilities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients
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. Chet Edwards (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 FlexTrain exportable Combat Training Capability
(Defense)		 Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)
Former Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
...more		 Locations Little Falls, Minnesota; Austin, Texas Recipients Minnesota National Guard; Texas Army National Guard; Kentucky National Guard
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Adjudicated Youth Program at Texas A&M Corpus Christi
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $188,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

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