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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 Hendry County, Law Enforcement Communications Equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $366,600 Sponsors Former Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Hendry, Florida Recipients Hendry County, Fla.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Herbert Hoover Dike (Seepage Control)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $54,884,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description High Power Densities Research
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Hurricane Mitigation Alliance, research to develop cost effective techniques for reduction of hurricane hazards to life and property, Florida International University
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $446,500 Sponsors Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Miami-Dade, Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Indian River, Lagoon North
(Energy and Water)
Amount $215,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Injury Research Center-Ryder Trauma Center
(Defense)
Amount $2,800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) Locations Miami, Florida Recipients William Lehman Injury Research Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Intracoastal Waterway (IWW), Jacksonville to Miami
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)
Former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
Former Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL)
...more
Locations Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Intracoastal Waterway, Caloosahatchee River to Anclote River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,235,000 Sponsors Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Former Rep. Connie Mack (R-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
...more
Locations Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jacksonville Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $2,808,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Former Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
...more
Locations Florida Recipients
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.

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )