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Price requested $265m in earmarks
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on 2009-04-06 13:05
U.S. Rep. David Price is seeking $264.6 million in earmarks.
The Chapel Hill Democrat released his list of 89 requested appropriations for the federal budget on his Web site.
The largest request is $28 million for Reading is Fundamental, a Washington-based nonprofit that encourages children to read. The smallest is $75,000 for a prostate cancer initiative through the N.C. Institute of Minority Economic Development.
Other notable earmarks:
* The National Textile Center at N.C. State, $16.5 million.
* Adding Rocky Fork to the Cherokee National Forest, $13.5 million.
* A virtual reality center on urban warfare and disaster response at UNC-Chapel Hill, $3.7 million.
* An internal wiki system for government intelligence sharing, $2 million.
* A beaver management program that was criticized by Sen. John McCain, $300,000.
In 2008, Price was the top member of the state's delegation for earmark requests, in part because he is the only member of the House Appropriations Committee, which allocates federal tax dollars.
