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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 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 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 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 2009 Description City of Port Aransas to preserve endangered wetlands and help stop severe erosion in Port Aransas and along the Corpus Christi Ship Channel
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Port Aransas, Texas Recipients City of Port Aransas, Texas
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Robstown Inland Port-Street Improvement, TX
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description National Wildlife Research Station, Texas A&M
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $290,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients 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 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 2009 Description Texas A&M Corpus Christi Adjudicated Youth Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Texas A&M Adjudicated Youth Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Los Fresnos Boys and Girls Club, for construction in Cameron County
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) Locations Cameron, Texas Recipients Boys and Girls Club of Los Fresnos Texas

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