Earmarks Sponsored by Rep. Howard Coble [R, NC-6]
According to data from Taxpayers for Common Sense, Rep. Coble sponsored 16 earmarks worth $17,437,500 for Fiscal Year 2008. His earmarks are listed below, grouped by the bill containing the earmark.
Commerce, Justice & Science
| Description | Amount | Location | Other Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elon University of Law, Juvenile Justice Intervention and Mediation Clinic, Greensboro, NC | $235,000 | Greensboro, NC | Senate:
Dole [, NC]
House: Miller [, NC-13] |
| High Point, NC | $352,500 | High Point, NC | Senate: Dole [, NC] |
| National Center for Victims of Crime, National hotline that provides information and services to crime victims | $470,000 | Washington, DC | Senate: Shelby [, AL] |
| National Textile Center (NTC): Funding to continue and enhance research currently conducted at a multi-university consortium that links the textile and fiber-based materials industry sector to leading research and education programs | $4,700,000 | AL; CA; GA; MA; NC; NY; PA; SC | Senate:
Burr [, NC],
Chambliss [, GA],
Clinton [, NY],
Dole [, NC],
Graham [, SC],
Kennedy [, MA],
Kerry [, MA],
Shelby [, AL],
Specter [, PA]
House: Aderholt [, AL-4], Butterfield [, NC-1], Etheridge [, NC-2], Frank [, MA-4], Hayes [, NC-8], Hinchey [, NY-22], Jones [, NC-3], Lungren [, CA-3], Mchenry [, NC-10], McIntyre [, NC-7], Miller [, NC-13], Myrick [, NC-9], Price [, NC-4], Scott [, GA-13], Thompson [, CA-1], Watt [, NC-12], Wilson [, SC-2] |
Defense
| Description | Amount | Location | Other Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Composite Armor for Force Protection | $3,000,000 | Unknown | |
| Autonomous Anti-Submarine Vertical Beam Array | $1,000,000 | Greensboro, NC | Senate:
Burr [, NC]
House: Miller [, NC-13] |
| Expendable Airdrop Delivery Systems (EADS) | $800,000 | Fayetteville, NC | House: Hayes [, NC-8], McIntyre [, NC-7] |
| Gallium Nitride (GaN) RF Power Technology | $1,600,000 | Greensboro; Freeport; Charlotte, NC; PA | House: Watt [, NC-12] |
| Gallium Nitride RF Power Technology | $2,000,000 | Greensboro; Charlotte, NC; PA | Senate:
Dole [, NC]
House: Watt [, NC-12] |
Labor-HHS-Education
| Description | Amount | Location | Other Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alamance-Burlington School District, Burlington, NC for the Professional Development Academy | $146,000 | Burlington, NC | |
| Sandhills Teen Challenge, Carthage, NC for substance abuse treatment services | $97,000 | Carthage, NC | |
| St. Joseph of the Pines, Southern Pines, NC for an electronic health records system | $97,000 | Southern Pines, NC | Senate: Burr [, NC], Dole [, NC] |
Transportation and Housing & Urban Development
| Description | Amount | Location | Other Sponsors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burlington-Alamance County Regional Airport, runway taxiway extension | $980,000 | NC | Senate: Dole [, NC] |
| North Carolina Statewide Bus and Bus Facilities | $1,225,000 | NC | Senate:
Dole [, NC]
House: Hayes [, NC-8], Price [, NC-4], Watt [, NC-12] |
| Rowan County Airport, land acquisition (runway protection zone) | $588,000 | NC | Senate:
Dole [, NC]
House: Watt [, NC-12] |
| YMCA of High Point, NC, Archdale Trinity Branch in Archdale, NC, for construction of a YMCA facility | $147,000 | Archdale, NC | |
