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View earmark details Former Rep. Mel Watt (D-North Carolina, 12th) - Earmarks Requested

Resigned • Alternate Name: Melvin Luther Watt
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 15 Cost $7,090,000
With Other Members          Number 54 Cost $79,806,500
All Congressional                Number 69 Cost $86,896,500
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 69* Cost $86,896,500*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

(desc)

 Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Reading is Fundamental authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $24,803,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Rob Andrews (D-NJ)
Former Rep. Mike Arcuri (D-NY)
...more		 Locations Washington, District of Columbia Recipients Reading Is Fundamental Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Charlotte Rapid Transit Extension
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 Amount $20,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC)
Former Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC)
Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
...more		 Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Teach for America as authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $14,895,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY)
Former Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-MO)
...more		 Locations New York, New York Recipients Teach for America
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Charlotte, Charlotte Area Transit System's [CATS] Blue Line Extension-Northeast Corridor Project, NC
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 Amount $14,700,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Larry Kissell (D-NC)
Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Former Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC)
...more		 Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients City of Charlotte, N.C.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Textile Center (NTC): Funding to continue and enhance research currently conducted at a multi-university consortium that links the textile and fiber-based materials industry sector to leading research and education programs
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $4,700,000 alert Sponsors Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Former Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)
Former Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC)
...more		 Locations California; Georgia; Massachusetts; North Carolina; New York; Pennsylvania; South Carolina Recipients National Textile Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Joint Biological Point Detection System (JBPDS)
(Defense)		 Amount $3,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC)
Former Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC)
Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
...more		 Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Charlotte Rapid Transit Extension--Northeast Corridor Light Rail Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 Amount $2,695,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC)
Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
...more		 Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Defense Leadership and Technology Initiative
(Defense)		 Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-GA)
Former Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL)
...more		 Locations New York, New York Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gallium Nitride RF Power Technology
(Defense)		 Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC)
Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)		 Locations Charlotte, Pennsylvania Recipients Pennsylvania State University Electro-Optics Center; RF Micro Devices Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Charlotte Rapid Transit Extension
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 Amount $1,960,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC)
Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
...more		 Locations North Carolina Recipients

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