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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 Thurgood Marshall College Fund Minority NASA Science Initiative
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $940,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
...more
Locations Unknown Location Recipients Thurgood Marshall College Fund Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Textile Research Programs
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $965,000 Sponsors Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Former Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)
Former Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC)
...more
Locations Raleigh, North Carolina Recipients Textile/Clothing Technology Corp.
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 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 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 Gang and Delinquency Prevention Initiative
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $450,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) Locations Winston-Salem, North Carolina Recipients Forsyth County, N.C.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Textile Center and the Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation |TC]2
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)
Former Rep. Howard Coble (R-NC)
Former Rep. Robin Hayes (R-NC)
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Locations Raleigh and Cary, North Carolina Recipients National Textile Center; Textile/Clothing Technology Corp.
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 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)
...more
Locations Charlotte, North Carolina Recipients Charlotte-Mecklenburg (N.C.) Police Department
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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