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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 Desoto County Regional Wastewater System
(Energy and Water)
Amount $4,860,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Desoto County, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Development of Drugs for Malaria and Leishmaniasis
(Defense)
Amount $3,120,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Dielectrically Enhanced Sensor System (DESS)
(Defense)
Amount $4,400,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients Radiance Technologies Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Dielectrically Enhanced Sensor Systems (DESS)
(Defense)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Dietary supplements/botanicals/National Center for Natural Products
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,713,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Dietary supplements research, National Center for Natural Products Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,608,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients National Center for Natural Products Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Dietary supplements research, National Center for Natural Products Research, Oxford, Mississippi
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,608,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients National Center for Natural Products Research
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Downtown Greenwood Connector Route
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,425,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Greenwood, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Downtown Jackson Plaza Incorporated, for construction of a civic gathering plaza
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description East Brandon Bypass
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $735,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients

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