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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 Development of Drugs for Malaria and Leishmaniasis
(Defense)
Amount $3,120,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Nitrile Rubber Collapsible Fuel Bladders
(Defense)
Amount $3,100,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Picayune, Mississippi Recipients Avon Engineered Fabrications Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Shrimp Aquaculture
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,097,000 Sponsors Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)
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Locations Hawaii; Louisiana; Massachusetts; Mississippi; South Carolina; Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Yazoo Basin, Big Sunflower River, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,091,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Big Sunflower River, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Mississippi for remote sensing, geospatial, space and aviation legal research, materials, education, and outreach
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Unique Identification of Tangible Items
(Defense)
Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Composite Mast for CVNs
(Defense)
Amount $2,960,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients Northrop Grumman Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Yazoo Basin, Main Stem
(Energy and Water)
Amount $2,952,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Coast Transit Authority Bus and Bus Facilities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $2,940,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Coast Transit Authority (Gulfport, Miss.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description East Metropolitan Corridor
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $2,940,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients

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