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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 Biotechnology Research, MS
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $480,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients Alcorn State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Byram-Clinton/Norrell Parkway, MS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $2,750,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Capitol Street Renaissance Project-Transportation Improvements, MS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,150,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Center for Bottomlands Hardwood Research
(Interior)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology
(Interior)
Amount $900,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Channel Improvement, AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO & TN
(Energy and Water)
Amount $65,065,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Mississippi; Missouri; Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Channel Improvement, AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO & TN
(Energy and Water)
Amount $46,102,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)
Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Locations Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Mississippi; Missouri; Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Characteristics and Cleanup of the U.S. Nuclear Legacy (MS)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Choctaw County Reservoir, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) Locations Choctaw County, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Choctaw Lake-Bluff Lake Route, MS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Choctaw County, Mississippi Recipients

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