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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 2008 Description MS Conservation Initiative
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,183,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Natural Resources Conservation Service Mississippi
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
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Biloxi Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,175,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jackson State University, for computer software and mapping
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,175,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for a state-wide and regional information sharing system
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,175,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Capitol Street Renaissance Project-Transportation Improvements, MS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,150,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi Conservation Initiative, Mississippi
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,144,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,141,800 Sponsors Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Mississippi Recipients Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Coast Transit Alternatives Analysis
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,140,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description JATRAN Fleet Replacement
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,102,500 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients

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