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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 2010 Description Brazos Island Harbor, Brownsville Channel, TX
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $538,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)		 Locations Brazos Island, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Interstate 69, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 Amount $617,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)
Former Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX)
Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
...more		 Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Shrimp Industry Fishing Effort Research Continuation
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $700,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL)
Former Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA)
Former Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)
...more		 Locations Silver Spring, Maryland Recipients National Marine Fisheries Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description La Esperanza Home for Boys
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $705,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Austin, Texas Recipients La Esperanza Home for Boys (Brownsville, Texas)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Port Aransas Ferryboat Expansion
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 Amount $735,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Buster/ Blacklight UAV Development
(Defense)		 Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)		 Locations Texas Recipients Mission Technologies Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Plasma Technology Laboratory
(Defense)		 Amount $800,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Our Military Kids
(Defense)		 Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA)
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA)
Former Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
...more		 Locations McLean, Virginia Recipients Our Military Kids Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Corpus Christi Ship Channel, TX
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $921,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)		 Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
(Interior)		 Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)		 Locations Hidalgo County, Texas Recipients U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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