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Fiscal Year(s)

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 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 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 2010 Description Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC for its Center for Holistic Learning to provide academic and student support services, which may include equipment and technology
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Salisbury, North Carolina Recipients Livingstone 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 City of Charlotte, Belvedere Business Park Project
(Financial Services)
Amount $282,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients City of Charlotte, N.C.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Private crossing safety initiative
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $275,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Conceptual Alignment and Phasing Alternatives Study
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $237,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC) Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Gang of One Pilot Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Larry Kissell (D-NC)
Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Former Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC)
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Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C.) Police Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $190,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) Locations Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recipients Winston-Salem State University
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

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