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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 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 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
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Robstown, TX
(Homeland Security)		 Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Robstown, Texas Recipients
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 2009 Description El Paso/Brownsville 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 Texas Recipients City of El Paso, Texas; City of Brownsville, 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
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Corpus Christi Independent School District, Corpus Christi, TX for its South Texas School Literacy Project
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $200,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Corpus Christi (Texas) Independent School District
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 2009 Description Driscoll Children's Hospital, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $119,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX)
Former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)		 Locations Corpus Christi, Texas Recipients Driscoll Children's Hospital (Corpus Christi, Texas)

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