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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 2010 Description Charlotte Streetcar Project, NC
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Larry Kissell (D-NC)
Former Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC)
Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients
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)
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Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients City of Charlotte, N.C.
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)
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Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Charlotte Rail Improvement and Safety Project (CRISP)
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $760,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rowan County Airport, land acquisition (runway protection zone)
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $588,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC)
Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
Locations North Carolina Recipients
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 2010 Description I-85 Widening in Davidson and Rowan Counties, NC
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,700,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) Locations Rowan County Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description I-85 Widening Project, NC
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Larry Kissell (D-NC)
Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Locations North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description North Carolina Statewide Bus and Bus Facilities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,225,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC)
Former Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC)
Former Rep. David Price (D-NC)
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Locations North Carolina Recipients State of North Carolina
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

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