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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jackson County, MS Sherriff's Office Methamphetamine Initiative
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $211,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson County (Miss.) Sheriff's Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jackson Evers International Airport airfield infrastructure improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,960,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients Jackson-Evers International Airport (Jackson, Miss.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jackson Medical Mail District Economic and Community Development, for housing development
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $392,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jackson Medical Mall Foundation for construction, renovation and equipment.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jackson State University for continuation of the Lynch Street Corridor Redevelopment
(Financial Services)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jackson state university for Southern Institute for Mental Health research and training
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $239,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jackson State University, Bioengineering Research Training
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,968,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jackson State University, for establishment of an osteopathic medical school
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $478,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jackson State University, for computer software and mapping
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,175,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center, for the major modernization phase of this center
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $2,780,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Stoneville, Mississippi Recipients Jamie Whitten Delta States Research Center

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