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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 Mississippi State University for training and research
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description The University of Southern Mississippi for forensic science technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description The University of Southern Mississippi for statewide public safety information sharing
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Gulfport, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description The University of Southern Mississippi to create, develop, and commercialize new technology for advanced materials
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Ballistic Precision Aerial Delivery System (BPADS)
(Defense)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Rep. John Larson (D-CT)
Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Columbia, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Center for Marine Education and Research-Ocean Expo-Learning Center
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Gulfport, Mississippi Recipients Institute for Marine Mammal Studies
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description National Formulation Science Laboratory Equipment Request
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Technology Industry Partnership for transitioning space technologies into the commercial sector
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Jackson State University, Jackson, MS, for the Southern Institute for Mental Health Advocacy, Research, and Training
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,000,000 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 2010 Description Regional Ensembling System for Atmospheric Dispersion Forecasting
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University

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