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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS, for Science and Mathematics on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Columbus, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi University for Women
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Orion High Altitude Long Endurance UAV Risk Reduction Effort
(Defense)
Amount $7,760,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Columbus, Mississippi Recipients Aurora Flight Sciences Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Aircraft Fuel Systems Maintenance Dock
(Military Construction)
Amount $9,800,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi: Columbus Air Force Base - Aircraft Maintenance Administration Facility
(Military Construction)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Desoto County, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $8,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Desoto County, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Delta Arts Alliance, Inc, Drew, MS, for arts education and curriculum development
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Drew, Mississippi Recipients Delta Arts Alliance Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Jones County Junior College, Ellisville, MS, for purchase of equipment and technology upgrades
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Ellisville, Mississippi Recipients Jones County (Miss.) Junior College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description County-wide Law Enforcement Programs
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Fayette, Mississippi Recipients Jefferson County (Miss.) Sheriff's Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Itawamba Community College, Fulton, MS for consolidation of the Tupelo and Fulton Nursing School Programs in order to provide additional nursing specialists to a five-county region
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $700,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Fulton, Mississippi Recipients Itawamba Community College (Miss.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors, Glendora, MS for preservation of exhibits and collections for the Emmett Till memorial complex
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Glendora, Mississippi Recipients Tallahatchie County, Miss.

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