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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 Description (Bill) Amount

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 Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Wildlife Research Station
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $309,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Kingsville, Texas Recipients National Wildlife Research Center; Texas A&M University-Kingsville Dick and Mary Lewis Kleberg College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Human Sciences
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Preserving endangered wetlands, to preserve endangered wetlands and help stop severe erosion in Port Aransas and along the Corpus Christi ship channel, Port Aransas Nature Preserve
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $329,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Nueces River and Tributaries, TX
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $368,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX)
...more		 Locations Nueces River, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Del Mar College, for curriculum development and the purchase of equipment, technology, and training materials for instruction in closed captioning
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $381,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Del Mar College (Corpus Christi, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Texas, Brownsville, TX for studies regarding the health of the Hispanic population in the Rio Grande Valley
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $383,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Brownsville, Texas Recipients University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
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 2010 Description International Arid Lands Consortium, AZ
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $401,000 Sponsors Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Former Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)
Former Rep. Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
...more		 Locations Arizona Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description International Arid Lands Consortium, AZ
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $401,000 Sponsors Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Former Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)
Former Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
...more		 Locations Arizona Recipients International Arid Lands Consortium
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Aquaculture
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $416,000 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 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

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