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View earmark details Sen. Trent Lott (-Mississippi) - Earmarks Requested
Resigned
Alternate Name: Chester Trent Lott Sr.

 
AllSoloWith Other Members
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     14 $34,848,000
With Other Members          68 $276,105,500
All Congressional                82 $310,953,500
All Sponsored Earmarks      82* $310,953,500*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

(desc)

Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2008 Joint Precision Airdrop System (JPADS) Program for Payloads up to 30K Ibs
(Defense)
$3,200,000 No additional sponsors indicated Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 Simultaneous Field Radiation Technology (SFRT)
(Defense)
$3,100,000 Rep. Chip Pickering (-MS)
Sen. Thad Cochran (-MS)
Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 Copper Antimicrobial Research Program
(Defense)
$3,000,000 Rep. Todd Akin (-MO)
Rep. Mike Arcuri (-NY)
Rep. Jerry Costello (-IL)
...more
Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 East Metropolitan Corridor
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
$2,940,000 Sen. Thad Cochran (-MS) Mississippi
View earmark details 2008 National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law, legal research and outreach on critical space and aviation law issues
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
$2,820,000 Sen. Roger Wicker (-MS)
Sen. Thad Cochran (-MS)
University, Mississippi
View earmark details 2008 Common Composite Island Concept
(Defense)
$2,700,000 Sen. Thad Cochran (-MS) Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 Vehicle Maintenance and Prognostics System
(Defense)
$2,560,000 Rep. Judy Biggert (-IL)
Sen. Thad Cochran (-MS)
Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 AM/TPQ-37 Firefinder Radar Reliability; Maintainability Improvements
(Defense)
$2,500,000 Rep. Chip Pickering (-MS)
Sen. Thad Cochran (-MS)
Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 Advanced, Integrated Portable Power Generation and Charging System
(Defense)
$2,480,000 Sen. Thad Cochran (-MS) Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 University of Mississippi, program development, start-up costs, and curriculum
(Labor-HHS-Education)
$2,435,000 No additional sponsors indicated Oxford, Mississippi University of Mississippi
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