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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

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Cities of Concord and Kannapolis, North Carolina Regional Radio Upgrade
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC)
Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Locations Concord & Kannapolis, North Carolina Recipients City of Concord, N.C.; City of Kannapolis, N.C.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Klumac Road grade crossing separation
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Salisbury, North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Livingstone College Criminal Justice Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $329,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) Locations Livingstone College, North Carolina Recipients Livingstone College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Bennett College for Women, for a library digitization project
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $333,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Greensboro, North Carolina Recipients Bennett College for Women
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 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)
...more
Locations Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recipients City of Winston-Salem, N.C.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University, for a project to reduce suspension rates of students in the Guilford County School System
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $383,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC)
Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
...more
Locations Greensboro, North Carolina Recipients North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Concord Regional Airport Improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $392,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC)
Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
Locations Concord, North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Intermodal Transportation Facility
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $392,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description North Carolina Mentoring Partnership: Mentoring Programs for At-Risk Youth
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. David Price (D-NC) Locations Raleigh, North Carolina Recipients North Carolina Mentoring Partnership

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