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Where are this year's earmarks 
Fiscal Year(s)
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 | 762 | $2,110,625,418 |
| All earmarks | 816* | $2,805,971,802* |
| Earmark Details | Year | Description (Bill) |
Amount (asc) |
Sponsors | Locations | Receiving Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
2009 |
Yazoo River, MS (Energy and Water) |
$26,000 |
Sen. Thad Cochran  -MS)Sen. Roger Wicker -MS) |
Mississippi | |
|
|
2009 |
Water/Environmental Certification, MS (Energy and Water) |
$28,000 | No sponsor indicated | Mississippi | |
|
|
2009 |
City of Amory, for general construction improvements to the community center (Transportation-Housing and Urban Development) |
$38,000 |
Rep. Travis Wayne Childers  -MS) |
Amory, Mississippi | City of Amory, Miss. |
|
|
2008 |
Lafayette/Oxford/University Angel Ranch, for domestic services for victims of abuse (Commerce, Justice and Science) |
$47,000 |
Sen. Thad Cochran -MS) |
Oxford, Mississippi | Angel Ranch Inc. |
|
|
2009 |
Boys and Girls Club, for upgrades and renovations of the Boys and Girls Club facility (Transportation-Housing and Urban Development) |
$47,500 |
Rep. Bennie Thompson -MS) |
Bolton, Mississippi | Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi |
|
|
2009 |
Parents for Public Schools of Jackson, Inc., Jackson, MS, for arts education programs (Labor-HHS-Education) |
$48,000 |
Sen. Thad Cochran -MS) |
Jackson, Mississippi | |
|
|
2009 |
Yazoo Basin - Backwater Less Rocky Bayou (Energy and Water) |
$48,000 |
Sen. Thad Cochran -MS) Sen. Roger Wicker -MS) |
Mississippi | |
|
|
2008 |
Yazoo Basin-Yazoo Backwater F & WL Mitigation Lands (Energy and Water) |
$49,000 |
Sen. Thad Cochran -MS) |
Mississippi | |
|
|
2009 |
PAS: Jones County Water Supply, MS (Energy and Water) |
$50,000 |
Sen. Roger Wicker -MS) |
Jones County, Mississippi | |
|
|
2009 |
PAS: Mississippi Band of Choctaws, MS (Energy and Water) |
$50,000 |
Sen. Roger Wicker -MS) |
Mississippi | |
| 816 results | ||||||
Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )
