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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

(desc)

 Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
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 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 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 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)
...more		 Locations 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 Port Aransas, TX Communications Equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $47,000 Sponsors Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) Locations Port Aransas, Texas Recipients
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 2008 Description Nueces River and Tributaries
(Energy and Water)		 Amount $461,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX)
Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
...more		 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 2008 Description National Domestic Preparedness Consortium
(Homeland Security)		 Amount $88,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Richard Baker (R-LA)
Former Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX)
Former Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX)
...more		 Locations Unknown Location Recipients

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