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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 7th Avenue Transit Hub
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-FL) Locations Florida Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Civic Education Program (Center for Civic Education and National Council on Economic Education) and a comprehensive program between the Center for Civic Education, Indiana University and NCSL to improve public education of the congress and state legislatures.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $31,917,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Artur Genestre Davis (D-AL)
Former Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY)
...more
Locations Unknown Location Recipients Indiana University System; Council for Economic Education; National Conference of State Legislatures
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Sarasota for renovation of the Robert L. Taylor Community Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $367,500 Sponsors Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) Locations Sarasota, Florida Recipients City of Sarasota, Fla.
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 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)
...more
Locations Unknown Location Recipients
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 JTA Bus Rapid Transit System
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $9,329,600 Sponsors Former Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
Former Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Locations Jacksonville, 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 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 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

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