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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 City of Jackson for crime fighting technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients City of Jackson, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Local Initiatives and Support Corporation-Community Safety Initiative to promote strategic alliance between community developers and law enforcement, which will reduce crime and spur revitalization in troubled neighborhoods
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Local Initiatives Support Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Delta State University, Cleveland, MS, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Cleveland, Mississippi Recipients Delta State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description National Center for Biodefense Communications
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, for biomedical engineering facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi State, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description National Sea Grant Law Center
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Emergency Operations Center, City of Port Gibson, MS
(Homeland Security)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Port Gibson, Mississippi Recipients City of Port Gibson, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, for the development of an early childhood teacher education delivery system
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Madison, to support the developments of a new town square and renovation of the Madison Co. Cultural Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $735,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) Locations Madison, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description East Brandon Bypass
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $735,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients

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