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Where are this year's earmarks
Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Mississippi

* Earmarks requested by the president are not included in the member and state rankings to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 No Total Amount
Congressional earmarks No. 762 Total Amount $2,110,625,418
All earmarks No. 816* Total Amount $2,805,971,802*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,075,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alcorn State University Biotechnology Laboratory, for construction
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,390,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Alcorn State, Mississippi Recipients Alcorn State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachian Horticulture Research (U of TN/TN State)
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $779,000 Sponsors Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Former Rep. John Duncan (R-TN)
Former Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN)
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Locations Poplarville, Mississippi Recipients Tennessee State University; University of Tennessee Knoxville
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Aquaculture
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $385,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Beaver management and control
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $472,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Biotechnology
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $511,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Alcorn State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Choctaw County feasibility study for surface impoundment
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $178,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Choctaw, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cogongrass Control, MS
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $221,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cormorant control, Delta States
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $237,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cropping Systems Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $843,000 Sponsors Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Former Rep. John Duncan (R-TN)
Former Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN)
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Locations Stoneville, Mississippi Recipients

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