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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 2008 Description Mississippi State University for the Tissue Engineering Research Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $239,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi State, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description National Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station and Mississippi State University
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $239,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University; National Wildlife Research Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Pearl River Watershed, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $239,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Quiver River, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $240,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Indianola for a revolving loan fund to provide affordable housing, as part of the Indianola Housing Initiative
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Indianola, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description East Metropolitan Corridor
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Rankin, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Delta Foundation, for a Mississippi Delta business growth development program
(Financial Services)
Amount $245,643 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Greenville, Mississippi Recipients Delta Foundation Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description E-commerce
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $246,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jackson County Board of Supervisors
(Homeland Security)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Jackson County, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Flora for equipment upgrades and improvements for the police department
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Flora, Mississippi Recipients City of Flora, Miss.

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