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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 Rotoblade Processing Facility
(Military Construction)		 Amount $11,200,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Texas A&M University - Kingsville, for facilities and equipment for a research facility
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $230,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Kingsville, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description UH-60A to UH-60L Upgrade
(Defense)		 Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Former Rep. Brad Ellsworth (D-IN)
Former Rep. Pete King (R-NY)
...more		 Locations Stratford, Connecticut Recipients Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Texas Brownsville International Trade Center
(Financial Services)		 Amount $282,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Brownsville, Texas Recipients University of Texas at Brownsville International Innovation Center
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 Valley Baptist Health System, for the Hispanic Stroke Care Center of Excellence for equipment.
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $167,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)		 Locations Harlingen, Texas Recipients Valley Baptist Health System (Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Virtual Clinical Learning Lab and Center of Excellence
(Defense)		 Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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 2009 Description Southwest Key Programs La Esperanza Home for Boys, Texas
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $150,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Brownsville, Texas Recipients La Esperanza Home for Boys (Brownsville, Texas)
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)

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