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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 2010 Description Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, AL & MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $24,081,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
Former Rep. Artur Genestre Davis (D-AL)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
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Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
(Energy and Water)
Amount $28,048,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Artur Genestre Davis (D-AL)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
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Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Technology Industry Partnership for transitioning space technologies into the commercial sector
(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 Tallahatchie County, MS for restoration of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Tallahatchie County, Mississippi Recipients Tallahatchie County, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Tallahatchie County, MS, for renovation of the Emmett Till Memorial Complex
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $195,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Tallahatchie County, Mississippi Recipients Tallahatchie County, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors, Glendora, MS for preservation of exhibits and collections for the Emmett Till memorial complex
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Glendora, Mississippi Recipients Tallahatchie County, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors, for the restoration of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $686,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Summer, Mississippi Recipients Tallahatchie County, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Systems Research Institute
(Financial Services)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Alcorn State, Mississippi Recipients Alcorn State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Sustainable Energy Research Center (MS)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $10,466,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Mississippi Recipients Sustainable Energy Research Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sustainable Energy Research Center at MSU
(Energy and Water)
Amount $10,824,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients Sustainable Energy Research Center

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