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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)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Regional Counterdrug Training Academy
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Military Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Regional Ensembling System for Atmospheric Dispersion Forecasting
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description The Mississippi Biotechnology Research Park
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $6,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Law Enforcement Technology and Equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Jackson County, Mississippi Recipients City of Jackson, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Methamphetamine Enforcement and Cleanup
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $350,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS) Locations Jackson County, Mississippi Recipients Jackson County (Miss.) Sheriff's Department
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 Lexington, Mississippi Recipients Holmes County (Miss.) Sheriff's Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description National Center for Justice and the Rule of Law
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $2,000,000 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 University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $2,400,000 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 National Institute for Undersea Science and Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $5,000,000 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 2010 Description National Sea Grant Law Center
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)

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