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Where are this year's earmarks 
Fiscal Year(s)
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 | 762 | $2,110,625,418 |
| All earmarks | 816* | $2,805,971,802* |
| Earmark Details | Year |
Description (Bill) (asc) |
Amount | Sponsors | Locations | Receiving Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
2008 |
Regional Counterdrug Training Academy (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$291,400 |
Rep. Chip Pickering  -MS) |
Meridian, Mississippi | Regional Counterdrug Training Academy |
|
|
2008 |
Regional Ensembling System for Atmospheric Dispersion Forecasting (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$1,410,000 |
Sen. Thad Cochran -MS) |
Jackson, Mississippi | |
|
|
2008 |
Remote Infrasonic Monitoring of Natural Hazards (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$1,645,000 |
Sen. Thad Cochran -MS) |
California; Hawaii; Mississippi | |
|
|
2008 |
Research, Technology and Economic Development Park to generate high technology jobs and enhance the overall economic development of the region, including additional service, construction, and retail jobs, Mississippi State University (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$7,332,000 |
Sen. Thad Cochran -MS) |
Starkville, Mississippi | Mississippi State University |
|
|
2008 |
Smith County, MS , Sheriff's Department (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$61,100 |
Rep. Chip Pickering -MS) |
Smith, Mississippi | |
|
|
2008 |
Stennis Space Center, infrastructure improvements for Crew Exploration Vehicle Testing (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$2,820,000 |
Sen. Thad Cochran -MS) |
Mississippi | John C. Stennis Space Center |
|
|
2008 |
Stennis Space Center, technology/industry partnership in assisting in transitioning space technologies into the commercial sector (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$3,760,000 |
Sen. Thad Cochran -MS) Sen. Trent Lott -MS) |
Mississippi | John C. Stennis Space Center |
|
|
2008 |
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, provide legal analysis and training to judges and prosecutors regarding electronic and computer crime. (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$2,538,000 |
Sen. Thad Cochran -MS) |
Oxford, Mississippi | University of Mississippi |
|
|
2008 |
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for a state-wide and regional information sharing system (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$1,175,000 |
Sen. Thad Cochran -MS) |
Hattiesburg, Mississippi | University of Southern Mississippi |
|
|
2009 |
Coahoma County Sheriff Department, law enforcement (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$100,000 |
Rep. Bennie Thompson  -MS) |
Coahoma County, Mississippi | Coahoma County (Miss.) Sheriff Department |
| 816 results | ||||||
Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )
