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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 The University of Southern Mississippi to build decision support tools related to flooding and/or storm surge that provide a 3D visulization for emergency management officals to plan, train, and coordinate relief efforts
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description The University of Southern Mississippi to create, develop, and commercialize new technology for advanced materials
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Mississippi for a research project on the public safety applications of infrasound
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Mississippi for remote sensing, geospatial, space and aviation legal research, materials, education, and outreach
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Mississippi for training, education and research
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $850,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Mississippi to integrate biotechnology and undersea technology development with cutting edge research for the advancement of marine science and discovering new products from the sea
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Mississippi to provide legal training for judges, prosecutors, lawyers, and law students and develop model programs and publications
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $2,250,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations University, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Washington County Sheriffs Department - crime prevention
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Washington County, Mississippi Recipients Washington County (Miss.) Sheriff's Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Zero to Threet Court Teams for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients Zero to Three
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Flora for equipment upgrades and improvements for the police department
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Flora, Mississippi Recipients City of Flora, Miss.

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