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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 Kissimee River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $30,968,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description La Raza HOPE Fund for capitalization of a revolving loan fund to be used for nationwide communitv development activities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $980,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL)
Former Rep. John Olver (D-MA)
Former Rep. Jim Walsh (R-NY)
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Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Lee County (Estero and Gasparilla Segments)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $936,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Connie Mack (R-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Florida Recipients Lee County, Fla.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Littoral Warfare Systems Facility
(Military Construction)
Amount $13,870,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Panama City, Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description LYNX Bus Acquisition
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,372,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL) Locations Orlando, Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Main Gate Improvements
(Military Construction)
Amount $7,570,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Blount Island, Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Manatee Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $2,969,000 Sponsors Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL)
Rep. Kathy Castor (D-FL)
Locations Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Manufacturing and Industrial Technology Center
(Defense)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL) Locations Tallahassee, Florida Recipients Tallahassee (Fla.) Community College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Metrorail Orange Line Extension
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,960,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
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.

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