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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 2009 Description West Point Defense Facility Access Improvements, MS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi State University, for knowledge based data integration
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $940,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $939,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Agricultural Wildlife Conservation Center, MS
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $939,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description County of Tunica, MS for restoration of existing buildings, construction of addition to the visitors center, and exhibit design to form a combine the visitors center, blues exhibit and gift shop into a Blues Gateway in the Mississippi Delta
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $902,500 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Tunica, Mississippi Recipients Tunica County, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology
(Interior)
Amount $900,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
...more
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Calhoun County, MS, for renovation and construction of a historic courthouse
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $900,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Calhoun County, Mississippi Recipients Calhoun County, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Center for Marine Resources and Environmental Technology
(Interior)
Amount $900,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
...more
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Center for Marine Resources and Environment
(Interior)
Amount $886,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description New Albany Electrical Substation
(Energy and Water)
Amount $886,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients

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