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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 City of Carthage for a wastewater improvements and rehabilitation project
(Interior)
Amount $275,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Carthage, Mississippi Recipients City of Carthage, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Choctaw Native American Business Enterprise Center
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Choctaw, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Clairborne County Port, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $74,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Claiborne County, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Coahoma Community College, Clarksdale, MS for curricula, equipment and technology
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $50,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Clarksdale, Mississippi Recipients Coahoma Community College (Clarksdale, Miss.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Delta State University, Cleveland, MS, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Cleveland, Mississippi Recipients Delta State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Delta State University, Cleveland, MS, for music education in rural areas
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Cleveland, Mississippi Recipients Delta State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Delta State University, Cleveland, MS, for teacher training in science and curriculum development
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Cleveland, Mississippi Recipients Delta State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi College, Clinton, MS, to support dyslexia education and training
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Clinton, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Choctaw, MS, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $175,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Cohoctaw, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS, for expansion of educational outreach for at-risk youth
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $550,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Columbus, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi University for Women

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