Menu Search Account

LegiStorm

Get LegiStorm App Visit Product Demo Website
» Get LegiStorm App
» Get LegiStorm Pro Free Demo
Where are this year's earmarks
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

(desc)

Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Robstown, TX
(Homeland Security)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Robstown, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility
(Military Construction)
Amount $10,200,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Robstown, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description University of Texas at Brownsville, TX Global Marketing and Logistics Certification Program
(Financial Services)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Brownsville, Texas Recipients University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 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 Efficient Irrigation, NM, TX
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,160,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
...more
Locations Texas Recipients New Mexico State University; Texas AgriLife Research
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 2010 Description University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Brownsville, 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 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 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)

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )