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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 Characteristics and Clean-Up of US Nuclear Legacy
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,806,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Southern Regional Center for Lightweight Innovative Design (MS)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,806,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi River Levees, AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO & TN: New Madrid Levee Closure & MO Ped Activities
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) Locations Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Missouri; Mississippi; Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Stennis Space Center, technology/industry partnership in assisting in transitioning space technologies into the commercial sector
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $3,760,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients John C. Stennis Space Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Lightweight Small Caliber Ammunition Production Initiative
(Defense)
Amount $3,760,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Bay St. Louis, Mississippi Recipients MAC LLC
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Propulsion Manufacturing Technology Development
(Defense)
Amount $3,760,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients Rolls-Royce Naval Marine Inc.; UCT Defense LLC
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Center for Natural Products Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,724,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Marine Aquaculture Lab Operations
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $3,700,000 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 2009 Description Phase II construction, National Center for Natural Products Research, Oxford, Mississippi
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,497,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients National Center for Natural Products Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Phase II construction, National Center for Natural Products Research, Oxford, Mississippi
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,497,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients

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