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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Former Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Florida) - Earmarks Requested

Resigned • Alternate Names: Melquíades Rafael Martínez Ruiz, Melquiades Rafael Martinez
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 22 Cost $32,615,000
With Other Members          Number 195 Cost $315,672,846
All Congressional                Number 217 Cost $348,287,846
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 283* Cost $2,617,952,142*
Earmark Details Year

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Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Citrus Canker
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,296,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL)
Former Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
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Locations Greening, Florida Recipients University of Florida (Gainesville)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Citrus Waste Utilization
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $390,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-FL)
Former Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL)
Locations Winter Haven, Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Miami Beach Miami Beach City Center Housing; to maintain affordable housing for low-income residents
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $514,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL)
Former Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL)
Locations Miami Beach, Florida Recipients City of Miami Beach, Fla.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Clinic Replacement Increment III
(Military Construction)
Amount $41,400,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Macdill AFB, Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Collier County for construction of a Community Center in South Immokalee
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $147,000 Sponsors Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) Locations Collier, Florida Recipients Collier County, Fla.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Construct Seawalls Santa Rosa Island Range Complex
(Military Construction)
Amount $35,000,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Eglin AFB, Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description CSTARS (Center for Southeastern Tropical Advanced Remote Sensing)
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Coral Gables, Florida Recipients University of Miami
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Development
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Displacing Imported Petroleum with Renewables
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $149,000 Sponsors Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL)
Former Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
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Locations Florida Recipients University of Florida (Gainesville)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Orlando, Parramore Neighborhood Revitalization, to redevelop this distressed area of downtown Orlando into a safe and prosperous community with a mixture of residential and supportive accessory opportunities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $656,600 Sponsors Former Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Orlando, Florida Recipients City of Orlando, Fla.

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