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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
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 2010 Description Mississippi-North Central Narcotics Taskforce
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Port Gibson, Mississippi Recipients North Central Narcotics Task Force (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 2010 Description Greenville Harbor, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $516,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Greenville Harbor, Mississippi Recipients
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 Fayette, Mississippi Recipients Jefferson County (Miss.) Sheriff's Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors, Glendora, MS for preservation of exhibits and collections for the Emmett Till memorial complex
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Glendora, Mississippi Recipients Tallahatchie County, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Law Enforcement Technology and Equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Greenwood, Mississippi Recipients City of Greenwood, 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 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, Curriculum Development
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,002,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Valley State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Homeland Security Office, MS
(Homeland Security)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Mississippi Recipients

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