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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 Audubon Mississippi for the Pascagoula River Audubon Center, construction of nature-based education facility that contributes to economic and community recovery of Gulf Coast
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $686,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Moss Point, Mississippi Recipients National Audubon Society Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Byram-Clinton Norrell Corridor Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Canton Parkway
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $2,744,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Canton, to transform the Historic Canton High School into the Canton Municipal Government Complex
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $392,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Canton, Mississippi Recipients City of Canton, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Grenada, for the renovation of the historic Taylor Hall
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $196,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Grenada, Mississippi Recipients City of Grenada, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Indianola for a revolving loan fund to provide affordable housing, as part of the Indianola Housing Initiative
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Indianola, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Madison, to support the developments of a new town square and renovation of the Madison Co. Cultural Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $735,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) Locations Madison, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Coast Transit Authority Bus and Bus Facilities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $2,940,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Coast Transit Authority (Gulfport, Miss.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description East Brandon Bypass
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $735,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description East Metropolitan Corridor
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Rankin, Mississippi Recipients

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