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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 2009 Description Town of Seminary for the drinking water rehabilitation project
(Interior)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Town of Pelahatchie, MS, Pelahatchie site development for economic development
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Town of Pelahatchie, Mississippi Recipients Town of Pelahatchie, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Town of Marietta, for the construction of a multi-purpose facility
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $196,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Marietta, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Town of Goodman, MS for the remodeling of a historic building
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Goodman, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Town of Bolton, for renovation of the Bolton Municipal Building
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Bolton, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS, for renovation and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $233,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Tougaloo, Mississippi Recipients Tougaloo College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, MS, for applied undergraduate level community based research programs and partnerships
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $285,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Tougaloo, Mississippi Recipients Tougaloo College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Tougaloo College, Jackson, MS for the Historically Black Education and Historic Heritage Collection Project
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Tougaloo College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tougaloo College, for an international study abroad program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Tougaloo, Mississippi Recipients Tougaloo College
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

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