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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi State University, provide technical assistance to law enforcement regarding electronic and computer crime
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,598,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi Technology Alliance Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Alliances
(Financial Services)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Ridgeland, Mississippi Recipients Innovate Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi Technology Alliance, for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Services
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Ridgeland, Mississippi Recipients Innovate Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS for strengthening partnerships between K-12 parents and their children's teachers, principals, superintendents and other school officials
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $287,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) Locations Columbus, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi University for Women
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
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi Valley State University
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,067,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Valley State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi Valley State University, for training and development programs at the Automated Identification Technology (AIT) Automatic Data Collection (ADC)
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Itta Bena, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Valley State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mouth of Yazoo River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $127,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description MS Conservation Initiative
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,183,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Natural Resources Conservation Service Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description NASA Stennis Space Center to fund Healthy Forest Restoration Act
(Interior)
Amount $689,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients John C. Stennis Space Center

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