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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 University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for construction, renovation and equipment, including design
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,522,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Pontotoc Union Lee County Alliance for industrial park development and small business assistance
(Financial Services)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Tupelo, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Institute for Marine Mammal Studies to complete construction of a facility dedicated to rehabilition, conservation, and education on marine mammals with a focus on dolphins
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Gulfport, Mississippi Recipients Institute for Marine Mammal Studies
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Jackson State University to establish dispersion forecasting modelling for the Gulf Coast Region
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics to combat methamphetamines
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Department of Public Safety
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi State University for law enforcement intelligence
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Mississippi for a research project on the public safety applications of infrasound
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description ARS Biotechnology Lab, Lorman, MS
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Lorcom, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description MSU Cyber Crime Initiative and National Consortium for Digital Forensics Training
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description University of Mississippi, University, MS, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations University, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)

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