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Etheridge sought $312m in earmarks

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:40:58 -0400

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.

Miller requested $186m in earmarks

ryanteaguebeckwith — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:50:40 -0400

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.

Dalton seeks $277m in state spending

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:43:22 -0400

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.