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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)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Biotechnology Association for Capacity Building for the Mississippi Biotechnology Industry, Ridgeland, MS
(Financial Services)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Ridgeland, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Biotechnology Association
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Technology Alliance for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, MS
(Financial Services)
Amount $850,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Ridgeland, Mississippi Recipients Innovate Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Affordable, Energy Efficient, Self Help Housing
(Energy and Water)
Amount $295,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alternate Fuel Cell Membranes for Energy Independence at USM
(Energy and Water)
Amount $984,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachian Regional Commission
(Energy and Water)
Amount $71,863,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Georgia; Kentucky; Maryland; Mississippi; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia Recipients Appalachian Regional Commission
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 Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems (CAVS) at MSU
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,936,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Channel Improvement
(Energy and Water)
Amount $63,912,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
Locations Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Missouri; Mississippi; Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Channel Improvement
(Energy and Water)
Amount $54,527,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Former Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Locations Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Missouri; Mississippi; Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Claiborne County Port
(Energy and Water)
Amount $59,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Claiborne County (Miss.) Port

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