U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge is seeking $312.2 million in earmarks.

The Lillington Democrat released his list of 59 requested appropriations for the federal budget on his Web site.

The largest request is $88 million for barracks at Fort Bragg for returning soldiers. The smallest is $200,000 for veterans services in Cumberland County.

Other notable earmarks:

* Civics textbooks, school violence programs and educational exchanges, $35 million.

* Extending Murchison Road at Fort Bragg, $35 million.

* Hiring professionals for Teach for America, $25 million.

* Studying atmospheric effects on plants on the moon and Mars, $1 million.

Like other state Democrats, Etheridge also sought funding for a National Textile Center, Reading Is Fundamental, and a National Poultry Consortium.

U.S. Rep. Brad Miller is seeking $185.5 million in earmarks.

The Raleigh Democrat released his list of 59 requested appropriations for the federal budget on his Web site.

The largest request is $53 million for the Arts in Education program through the U.S. Department of Education. The smallest is $103,000 for forensic technical training in Guilford County.

Other notable earmarks:

* Recruiting and training young professionals in the Teach for America program, $25 million.

* Funding research on renewable energy and plant biotechnology, $7 million.

* Creating an engineering center near Burlington for "vertical lift" technology, $2.35 million. 

* Renovating the War Memorial Stadium in Greensboro, $2.3 million. 

Miller also requested several of the same earmarks as Rep. David Price, including money for Reading Is Fundamental, the National Textile Center and Green Square. 

Sen. Walter Dalton is seeking more than $277 million in state spending.

The Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor has sponsored nine bills and co-sponsored 18 bills seeking appropriations in the upcoming state budget. A longtime state senator, he is serving an advisory role on the budget in the short session.

Dalton is the primary sponsor on bills totaling $208 million: $135 million for grants for local water and sewer projects, $20 million for the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center, $16 million for stem cell research, $14 million for the Cleveland Correctional Center, $10 million to provide services for the developmentally disabled, $5.8 million to help provide high-speed Internet access, $3 million for biotechnology training, $2.5 million for construction at historically black colleges and $2 million for small business entrepeneurship initiatives.

Among the larger appropriations bills he is cosponsoring: $44.7 million for Smart Start early childhood intiatives, $9.5 million for 4-H camps, $3 million for home foreclosure prevention, $3 million for loans for biotechnology start-ups, $1.6 million for a dropout prevention program in Durham and Vance counties, $1.4 million for water resource management and $1.25 million for biotechnology education.

He's also seeking a number of appropriations under $1 million: Teach for America, state GIS improvements, veterinary medicine teaching and research, a statewide infection control program, a literacy program, Kids Voting, a Teacher Cadet Program, an early chilhood initiative, a youth golfing program and a health information management study.

Previously: Sen. Kay Hagan seeks $48 million in state spending.