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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)

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Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Central Piedmont Community College, high-tech crime scene investigation training
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $470,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC)
Former Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC)
Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
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Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients Central Piedmont Community College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Winston-Salem Automatic Vehicle Locator (AVL) Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Central Piedmont Community College
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $352,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC)
Former Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC)
Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
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Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients Central Piedmont Community College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Charlotte Gang of One Pilot Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $900,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC) Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients City of Charlotte, N.C.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Winston-Salem, NC
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $376,000 Sponsors Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC)
Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
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Locations Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recipients City of Winston-Salem, N.C.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description North Carolina State Highway Patrol Law Enforcement Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $188,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations North Carolina Recipients State of North Carolina
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 Gallium Nitride (GaN) RF Power Technology
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC) Locations Freeport, Pennsylvania; Charlotte Recipients Pennsylvania State University Electro-Optics Center; RF Micro Devices Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Computational Modeling and High Performance Computing in Advanced Material Processing, Synthesis and Design
(Defense)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Greensboro, North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description BOPPER (Bioterrorism Operations Policy for Public Emergency Response)
(Defense)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) Locations Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recipients

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