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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) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Yazoo Basin - Yazoo Backwater, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Special Operations Craft-Riverine
(Defense)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Gulfport, Mississippi Recipients U.S. Marine Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Simulation Based Reliability and Safety (SimBRS) Program
(Defense)
Amount $4,900,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Desoto County Regional Wastewater System
(Energy and Water)
Amount $4,860,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Desoto County, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wood Utilization
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $4,841,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Former Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC)
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Locations Idaho; Maine; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; North Carolina; Oregon; Tennessee; West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Wood Utilization, AK, ID, LA, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, OR, TN, WV
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $4,841,000 Sponsors Former Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-NC)
Former Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR)
Former Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS)
...more
Locations Idaho; Louisiana; Maine; Michigan; Mississippi; North Carolina; Oregon; Tennessee; West Virginia; Duluth, Minnesota; Alaska Recipients Michigan State University; University of Alaska System; West Virginia University; Mississippi State University; University of Idaho (Moscow); University of Maine (Orono); North Carolina State University; Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge); University of Oregon; University of Minnesota Duluth; University of Tennessee Knoxville
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Mississippi, for Phase II of the National Center for Natural Products Research.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $4,790,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations University, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Enhanced Simulation for Information Operations Capabilities
(Defense)
Amount $4,720,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Tupelo, Mississippi Recipients Circadence Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Institute of Undersea Science and Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $4,700,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients

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