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Representative Mel Watt (D)

Current Office: Representative
District: NC-12
First Elected: 1992
Next Election: 2012
Party: Democratic

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Eulada; 2 Children: Brian, Jason
Birth date: 08/26/1945
Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina
Home City: Charlotte NC
Religion: Presbyterian - Christian

Education

JD, Yale University Law School, 1970 BS, Business Administration, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1967

Profession

Attorney, Ferguson, Stein, Watt, Wallas, 1971-1992 Attorney, Legal Defense and Education Fund, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1970-1971 Part Owner, McDonald's Cafeteria/Hotel Complex

Committees

Financial Services
Judiciary
Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy
Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity
Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet

Recent Votes

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

HR 4310 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

H Amdt 1127 Repeals Indefinite Military Detention Provisions
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Yea

H Amdt 1140 Prohibits Reductions to Strategic Nuclear Arms Required by New START
Stage: Amendment Vote
Vote: Nay

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