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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 2009 Description Northside Drive, MS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,900,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Okatibbee Lake, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,900,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Urban Collector Road along I-10 North, MS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,900,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description State Route 24/48, MS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,900,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi Department of Public Safety, for meth enforcement, clean-up equipment, and training
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,880,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Department of Public Safety
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi Department of Public Safety, to provide technology and equipment upgrades
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,880,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Department of Public Safety
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Large-Scale Demonstration Item for Virginia Class Submarine Bow Dome
(Defense)
Amount $1,800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Gulfport, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Ohio River Basin Comprehensive Study, WV, KY, OH, PA, IL, IN, VA, AL, TN, NY, MD, NC, MS & GA
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,793,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY)
Former Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV)
Locations Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; Maryland; Mississippi; North Carolina; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Jackson-Evers International Airport, Runway, Taxiway and Various Improvements, MS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,781,250 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Mississippi Recipients Jackson-Evers International Airport (Jackson, Miss.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Dietary supplements/botanicals/National Center for Natural Products
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,713,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)

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