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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)

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Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description FlexTrain exportable Combat Training Capability
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)
Former Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
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Locations Little Falls, Minnesota; Austin, Texas Recipients Minnesota National Guard; Texas Army National Guard; Kentucky National Guard
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
(Energy and Water)
Amount $29,586,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chet Edwards (D-TX)
Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
Former Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX)
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Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
(Energy and Water)
Amount $23,105,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) Locations Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description International Arid Lands Consortium, AZ
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $401,000 Sponsors Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Former Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)
Former Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
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Locations Arizona Recipients International Arid Lands Consortium
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description International Arid Lands Consortium, AZ
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $401,000 Sponsors Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Former Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)
Former Rep. Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
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Locations Arizona Recipients
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 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 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
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 2010 Description Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge
(Interior)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Locations Hidalgo County, Texas Recipients U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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