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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 2008 Description Fondren Revitalization Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $588,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Genomics for Southern Crop Stress and Disease
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $849,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Greenville Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $295,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Greenville Street Revitalization
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,470,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Greenwood Airport Tower Construction
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,470,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulf Coast corridor grade crossing hazard elimination
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bill Jefferson (D-LA)
Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulf Islands National Seashore - Cat Island
(Interior)
Amount $1,969,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium at the University of Mississippi
(Energy and Water)
Amount $984,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Gulf of Mexico Hydrates Research Consortium
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulfport Air Traffic Control Facilities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $11,757,060 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Gulfport, Mississippi Recipients City of Gulfport, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulfport Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )