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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 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
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description East Mississippi Community College Golden Triangle, for construction of Billings Heights Community Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients East Mississippi Community College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Fondren Revitalization Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $588,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Greenville Street Revitalization
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,470,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Greenwood Airport Tower Construction
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,470,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulf Coast corridor grade crossing hazard elimination
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bill Jefferson (D-LA)
Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulfport Air Traffic Control Facilities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $11,757,060 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Gulfport, Mississippi Recipients City of Gulfport, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulfport-Biloxi Airport, Runway Obstruction Warning System
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,960,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Biloxi, Mississippi Recipients Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulfport-Biloxi Airport, taxiway construction and rehabilitation, noise mitigation
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,960,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Hattiesburg Area Development Partnership, Old Hattiesburg High School, for the renovation of the old high school
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $735,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients

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