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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)

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 Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Teach for America as authorized under the Higher Education Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $18,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
Former Rep. Mike Capuano (D-MA)
...more		 Locations Various Locations Recipients Teach for America
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 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 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 2010 Description The cities of El Paso and Brownsville for water and wastewater infrastructure
(Interior)		 Amount $2,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Silvestre Reyes (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
...more		 Locations El Paso, Texas Recipients City of El Paso, Texas; City of Brownsville, Texas
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 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 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 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 2008 Description University of Texas, Brownsville, TX for studies regarding the health of the Hispanic population in the Rio Grande Valley
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $383,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Brownsville, Texas Recipients University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College

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