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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 2009 Description Holmes County Sheriff Department, law enforcement
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Holmes County, Mississippi Recipients Holmes County (Miss.) Sheriff's Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Institute for Marine Mammal Studies to complete construction of a facility dedicated to rehabilition, conservation, and education on marine mammals with a focus on dolphins
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Gulfport, Mississippi Recipients Institute for Marine Mammal Studies
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Jackson State University for emergency responder software development
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Jackson State University to establish dispersion forecasting modelling for the Gulf Coast Region
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Meridian, MS, Regional Counter Drug Training Academy
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS) Locations Meridian, Mississippi Recipients Regional Counterdrug Training Academy
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics to combat methamphetamines
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Department of Public Safety
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi Center for Conservation and Biodiversity for construction of a research facility
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi State University for construction for a research and technology park
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $6,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi State University for digital forensic training
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $2,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi State University for law enforcement intelligence
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University

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