Jones sought $44m in earmarks

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on April 7, 2009 - 11:22am.
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Walter JonesU.S. Rep. Walter Jones is seeking $43.8 million in earmarks.

The Farmville Republican released his list of 11 requested appropriations for the federal budget on his Web site.

The largest request is for $14.6 million for a new control tower at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. The smallest is for $250,000 to dredge a channel at Beaufort Harbor.

Other notable earmarks:

* Perform maintenance dredging of Morehead City Harbor, $9.5 million.

* Fund cancer vaccine research by the U.S. Navy, $4 million.

* Replace aging timber breakwater at Belhaven, $3.13 million.

* Run a N.C. National Guard anti-drug task force, $1.2 million.

In January, Jones renewed a "No New Earmarks" pledge, so all of his requests are for appropriations that have been funded before, a spokeswoman explained.

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What is the Senate Armed Services Committee?

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on January 22, 2009 - 11:41am.
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Answer:

A committee of the U.S. Senate that oversees the military and defense policy.

Created in 1946, the Senate Armed Services Committee has legislative oversight on the U.S. departments of Defense, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force; military research and development; military uses of nuclear energy; pay and benefits for members of the military, among other things.

Because North Carolina is home to the Camp Lejeune and Cherry Point Marine stations, Pope and Seymour Johnson Air Force bases and the Fort Bragg Army base, the committee is often sought after by the state's U.S. senators.

Former Sen. Elizabeth Dole sat on the committee. 

In 2009, Sen. Kay Hagan was named to the Democratic majority on the committee. Sen. Richard Burr, a Republican, is also a member.

Brief:
A committee of the U.S. Senate that oversees the military and defense policy.
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