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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,750,000 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 University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for gifted education programs at the Frances Karnes Center for Gifted Studies
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $200,000 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 University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for teacher training at the Center for Economic Education
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for the development of a student retention initiative
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 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 Hinds County Board of Supervisors for planning and design of a centralized wastewater system
(Interior)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Hinds County, Mississippi Recipients Hinds County, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, MS for an initiative to prepare undergraduate students for professional medical education, which may include equipment, technology and scholarships
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Itta Bena, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Valley State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, MS, for training and development at the Automated Identification Technology/Automatic Data Collection Program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Itta Bena, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Valley State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Chemical Materials and Environmental Modeling Project
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 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 City of Jackson, MS, for property improvements related to the Capitol Street Renaissance Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,005,000 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 2010 Description City of Jackson, MS, for renovation and rehabilitation of the City of Jackson's Public Facilities for the Cultural Arts and Science
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $550,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients City of Jackson, Miss.

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