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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 2010 Description Pearl River Community College, Poplarville, MS, for instructional technology including the purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Poplarville, Mississippi Recipients Pearl River Community College (Poplarville, Miss.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description County-wide Law Enforcement Programs
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Port Gibson, Mississippi Recipients Claiborne County (Miss.) Sheriff's Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Emergency Operations Center, City of Port Gibson, MS
(Homeland Security)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Port Gibson, Mississippi Recipients City of Port Gibson, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi-North Central Narcotics Taskforce
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Port Gibson, Mississippi Recipients North Central Narcotics Task Force (Miss.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Ridgeland for construction of a new potable water well
(Interior)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Ridgeland, Mississippi Recipients City of Ridgeland, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Ridgeland, MS, City Center renovation and construction
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) Locations Ridgeland, Mississippi Recipients City of Ridgeland, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Biotechnology Association for Capacity Building for the Mississippi Biotechnology Industry, Ridgeland, MS
(Financial Services)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Ridgeland, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Biotechnology Association
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Building Blocks, Ridgeland, MS, for establishment of a state-wide early childhood literacy program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Ridgeland, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Building Blocks
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Technology Alliance for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, MS
(Financial Services)
Amount $850,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Ridgeland, Mississippi Recipients Innovate Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Technology Alliance, Ridgeland, MS, for workforce training
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Ridgeland, Mississippi Recipients Innovate Mississippi

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