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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 2009 Description Center for Bottomlands Hardwood Research
(Interior)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Center for Bottomlands Hardwood Research
(Interior)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Center for Intelligence and Security Studies
(Defense)
Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations University, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Center for Marine Aquaculture, to construct a center to provide scientists, engineers, and economists the capability to apply recent advances in aquaculture, biotechnology, pathology, nutrition, genetics, engineering, microbiology, and economics to remove the technical and profitability constraints to growth of a marine aquaculture industry, University of Southern Mississippi
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $7,520,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Stennis, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Center for Marine Education and Research-Ocean Expo-Learning Center
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Gulfport, Mississippi Recipients Institute for Marine Mammal Studies
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 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)
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Locations Mississippi Recipients
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 Military Vehicle Technologies
(Defense)
Amount $4,080,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description 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

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