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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 2008 Description Regional Counterdrug Training Academy
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $291,400 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS) Locations Meridian, Mississippi Recipients Regional Counterdrug Training Academy
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Regional Ensembling System for Atmospheric Dispersion Forecasting
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,410,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Remote Infrasonic Monitoring of Natural Hazards
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,645,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations California; Hawaii; Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Research, Technology and Economic Development Park to generate high technology jobs and enhance the overall economic development of the region, including additional service, construction, and retail jobs, Mississippi State University
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $7,332,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Smith County, MS , Sheriff's Department
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $61,100 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS) Locations Smith, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Stennis Space Center, infrastructure improvements for Crew Exploration Vehicle Testing
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $2,820,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients John C. Stennis Space Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Stennis Space Center, technology/industry partnership in assisting in transitioning space technologies into the commercial sector
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $3,760,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients John C. Stennis Space Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, provide legal analysis and training to judges and prosecutors regarding electronic and computer crime.
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $2,538,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for a state-wide and regional information sharing system
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,175,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Coahoma County Sheriff Department, law enforcement
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Coahoma County, Mississippi Recipients Coahoma County (Miss.) Sheriff Department

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