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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 National Center for Natural Products Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,724,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Wildlife Research Center
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $255,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University; Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description New Satellite and Computer-Based Technology for Agriculture
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $697,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Poultry Science Research Facility, toward construction of this replacement facility
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,390,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rural Development Direct Loans for Mississippi Delta Region counties
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,425,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rural Systems
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $229,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Seismic and Acoustic Technologies in Soils Sedimentation Lab
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $354,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
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Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Shrimp Aquaculture
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,097,000 Sponsors Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)
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Locations Hawaii; Louisiana; Massachusetts; Mississippi; South Carolina; Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wood Utilization
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $4,841,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tom Allen (D-ME)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Former Rep. Bob Etheridge (D-NC)
...more
Locations Idaho; Maine; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; North Carolina; Oregon; Tennessee; West Virginia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Alcorn State Biotechnology Laboratory
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,176,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients Alcorn State University

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