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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 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)
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Locations Silver Spring, Maryland Recipients National Marine Fisheries Service
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)
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Locations Texas Recipients
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 Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Texas Marine Science Institute UTMSI - Center for Biological Indicators of Change in Coastal Ecosystem Health
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Port Aransas, Texas Recipients University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Corpus Christi Regional Intermodal Transit Facility, Robstown, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Corpus Christi, Texas 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 City of Robstown, TX
(Homeland Security)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Robstown, Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Raymondville Drain
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Corpus Christi RTA Bus & Bus Facilities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients

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