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View earmark details Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Mississippi, 2nd) - Earmarks Requested

In Office • Alternate Name: Bennie Gordon Thompson
All     Solo     With Other Members     
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     Number 29 Cost $7,116,143
With Other Members          Number 14 Cost $14,565,000
All Congressional                Number 43 Cost $21,681,143
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 45* Cost $22,787,143*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill)

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Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description ARS Biotechnology Lab, Lorman, MS
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Lorcom, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Black Bayou Water Association for drinking water improvements
(Interior)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Leland, Mississippi Recipients Black Bayou Water Association
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Boys and Girls Club, for upgrades and renovations of the Boys and Girls Club facility
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $47,500 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Bolton, Mississippi Recipients Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Byram-Clinton Norrell Corridor Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Byram-Clinton Norrell Corridor Project, Hinds County
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Hinds County, Mississippi Recipients Hinds County, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Byram-Clinton/Norrell Parkway, MS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $2,750,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Indianola for a revolving loan fund to provide affordable housing, as part of the Indianola Housing Initiative
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Indianola, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Coahoma Community College, Clarksdale, MS for curricula, equipment and technology
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $50,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Clarksdale, Mississippi Recipients Coahoma Community College (Clarksdale, Miss.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Coahoma County Sheriff Department, law enforcement
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Coahoma County, Mississippi Recipients Coahoma County (Miss.) Sheriff Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description County-wide Law Enforcement Programs
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lexington, Mississippi Recipients Holmes County (Miss.) Sheriff's Department

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