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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 the Jackson Transitional Job Project for job training and employment programs for the homeless
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 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 Jobs for Mississippi Graduates, Inc., Jackson, MS, for Reaching Up for Success dropout prevention program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jobs for Mississippi Graduates Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Moore Community House, Biloxi, MS for its Women in Construction program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Biloxi, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Tougaloo College, Jackson, MS for the Historically Black Education and Historic Heritage Collection Project
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Tougaloo College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Como
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $94,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) Locations Como, Mississippi Recipients City of Como, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Extension Specialist
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $92,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Scheduling Reservoir Operations, AL
(Energy and Water)
Amount $87,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Project Condition Surveys, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $76,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description McKinney Bayou, Tunica County
(Energy and Water)
Amount $75,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Clairborne County Port, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $74,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Claiborne County, Mississippi Recipients

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