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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) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi Valley State University, for training and development programs at the Automated Identification Technology (AIT) Automatic Data Collection (ADC)
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Itta Bena, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Valley State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tougaloo College, for an international study abroad program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Tougaloo, Mississippi Recipients Tougaloo College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Yazoo Basin, Big Sunflower River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $193,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for K-12 arts and science curriculum and content standards development
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $195,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Tallahatchie County, MS, for renovation of the Emmett Till Memorial Complex
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $195,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Tallahatchie County, Mississippi Recipients Tallahatchie County, 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 Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation, for the renovation of the Southern Cultural Heritage Center Auditorium
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $196,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Vicksburg, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Town of Marietta, for the construction of a multi-purpose facility
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $196,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Marietta, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The City of RidgelandWastewater and water quality protection project
(Interior)
Amount $197,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Ridgeland, Mississippi Recipients City of Ridgeland, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Walthall County Courthouse
(Interior)
Amount $197,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Tylertown, Mississippi Recipients

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