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
 

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