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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 2010 Description University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for curriculum and professional development at University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Coast campus
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for gifted education programs at the Frances Karnes Center for Gifted Studies
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 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 Friends of Children of Mississippi, Jackson, MS, for the TANF to Work and Ownership Project
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Friends of Children of Mississippi Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Jobs for Mississippi Graduates, Inc, Jackson, MS, for career development for at-risk youth
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jobs for Mississippi Graduates Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, for economic education in k-12 settings
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi State, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute, Mississippi State, MS, for program development for Mississippi Rural Voices
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi State, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
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 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 Innovative STEM Education
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS) Locations University, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Wayne County Economic Development District, Waynesboro, MS, Construction and infrastructure at the Wayne County Industrial Park
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS) Locations Wayne County, Mississippi Recipients Wayne County (Miss.) Economic Development District

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