Rep. Melvin Luther Watt

Share this page	Nickname: known as "Mel" Birthdate: b. 08/26/1945 Birthplace: Charlotte, NC District: represents NC-12 Political Party: Democratic Religion: Presbyterian - Christian Education: JD, Yale University Law School, 1970 BS, Business Administration, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1967. Last elected in 2006 receiving 71,345 (67.0%) votes. Official website
Biographical information from Project Vote Smart, Wikipedia. Photo from Congressional Biographical Directory.

Money Raised $384,630 (#446) Spent 52% (#426) From self 0% (#34) From individuals 50% (#279) From PACs 49% (#210) PAC = Political Action Committees. Money data from the FECfor the 200X cycle.	Earmarks Requested 28 (#204) Total cost $28,434,000 (#309) Received 27 (#197) Total cost $28,149,500 (#264) Data for fiscal year 2008 from Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Voting Analysis Ideology 56% left-wing (#407) Predictable 97% (#140) Data and terminology from VoteView. Unpredictable measures how often members vote against their party. Speeches Spoke 3 times (#357) Avg. length 978 words (#194) Data for 110th Congress from GovTrack.	Bills Co-sponsored 1,274 (#202) Introduced 39 (#349) Debated 3 (#400) Enacted 1 (#358) Data from GovTrack.
Interest Group Alignment Interest Group Alignment compares a politician’s votes to positions taken by interest groups. [ more ] Group Agreement National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 100% (6/6 votes) American Nurses Association 100% (5/5 votes) NAACP 100% (7/7 votes) AFL-CIO 100% (13/13 votes) National Association of Realtors 87% (7/8 votes) Mortgage Bankers Association 83% (5/6 votes) Friends Committee on National Legislation 80% (4/5 votes) National Association of Home Builders 71% (5/7 votes) International Brotherhood of Teamsters 71% (5/7 votes) Public Citizen 60% (6/10 votes) American Civil Liberties Union 60% (3/5 votes) National Retail Federation 20% (1/5 votes) US Chamber of Commerce 16% (1/6 votes) U.S. Chamber of Commerce 14% (2/14 votes) More interest groups → Data from Maplight.org , for the 11Xth Congress.
Top Contributors Individuals reporting the same zip code who have donated to a lawmaker's political campaign. Use with caution: based on raw FEC data. 1 Michael Todd $6,000 from June 15, 2004 to July 25, 2007 2 Robert L. Johnson $4,200 on July 9, 2007 3 Amy Brinkley $4,000 from July 19, 2004 to July 12, 2007 4 Crandall Bowles $4,000 from July 16, 2004 to August 2, 2007 5 Adam Stein $3,500 from June 9, 2004 to July 19, 2007 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Contributor Employers Campaigns disclose the employers of their contributors; this list aggregates them. Use with caution: this list is based on raw FEC data 1 Self $35,500 2 Retired $32,000 3 Ferguson Stein $11,750 4 Bet $11,200 5 Bank Of America $11,000 More contributors → Source: FEC data from the 1980 to 2000 election cycles.
Top Lobby Contributors New rules require lobbyists to disclose their giving, and giving by the PACs they control. Use with caution: This data compiled from raw filings 1 Ms. Aimee Monroy Smith - Pitney Bowes, Inc. $10,000 2 Mr. John Savercool - Ubs Americas, Inc. $5,000 3 Daniel Cohen - American Association For Justice $5,000 4 Ms. Alma Henderson - Service Employees International Union Ctw, Clc $5,000 5 David A. Morgan - American Express Company $5,000 More lobby contributors → Source: Senate Office of Public Records LD-203 disclosure database; data from 2008.
Some campaign finance information from Open Secrets.

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