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Fiscal Year(s)

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 Description (Bill) Amount

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Brazos Island Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $5,431,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Brazos Island Harbor, TX
(Energy and Water)
Amount $4,959,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Locations Brazos Island, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Solar Panel Array
(Military Construction)
Amount $4,470,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Kingsville Naval Air Station, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Parking Apron Recapitalization Ph 1
(Military Construction)
Amount $3,500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients
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 2010 Description Shrimp Aquaculture, AZ, HI, LA, MA, MS, SC, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $2,908,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
...more
Locations Hawaii; Louisiana; Massachusetts; Mississippi; South Carolina; Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Shrimp Aquaculture, AZ, HI, IA, MA, MS, SC, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $2,908,000 Sponsors Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)
...more
Locations Hawaii; Iowa; Massachusetts; Mississippi; South Carolina; 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 Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources
(Energy and Water)
Amount $2,706,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
...more
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description The cities of El Paso and Brownsville for water and wastewater infrastructure
(Interior)
Amount $2,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
...more
Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients City of El Paso, Texas; City of Brownsville, Texas

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