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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 2008 Description Aquaculture
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $443,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL)
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Former Rep. Susan Davis (D-CA)
...more		 Locations Florida; Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cameron County, TX Interoperable Communications
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $47,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)		 Locations Cameron, Texas Recipients Cameron County, Texas
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 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 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 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 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 2009 Description Southwest Key Programs La Esperanza Home for Boys, Texas
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $150,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Brownsville, Texas Recipients La Esperanza Home for Boys (Brownsville, Texas)
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

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