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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) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Delta Water Study
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $180,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Natural Resources Conservation Service Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Pearl River, MS & LA
(Energy and Water)
Amount $183,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Delta Revitalization Project
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $187,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Yazoo Basin, Will M Whittington Aux Chain
(Energy and Water)
Amount $188,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Jackson County Board of Supervisors, Jackson County, MS for improvements and enhancements to the County's multi-purpose community arena in Vancleave
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $190,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) Locations Jackson County, Mississippi Recipients Jackson County, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Operation Shoestring, Jackson, MS, for after school summer enrichment programs
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $190,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Stone County, MS for heavy equipment to assist in infrastructure needs across the county
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $190,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) Locations Stone County, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, for equipment and furnishings for a marine technology center and estuarine education center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Gautier, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi State University, for training development and delivery system at the Distributed Learning System for Workforce Training Program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi State, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi University for Women, for environmental education programs for the Science on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Columbus, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi University for Women

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