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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Bennett College for Women for equipment, technology, and professional development
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $517,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
Locations Greensboro, North Carolina Recipients Bennett College for Women
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Bennett College Science and Technology facility
(Energy and Water)
Amount $984,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) Locations North Carolina Recipients Bennett College for Women
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Bioterrorism Operations Policy for Public Emergency Response (BOPPER)
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC) Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Center for Nanoscience and Nanomaterials
(Defense)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Greensboro, North Carolina Recipients North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
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 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)
...more
Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients Central Piedmont Community College
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
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)
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Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Charlotte for land acquisition in the development of the Belvedere Business Park
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $147,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated 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.

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