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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 2009 Description Mississippi State University, MS for a Civic Capacity Development Initiative
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi State, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi University for Women provide quality scientific, inquiry-based learning for grades K - 12 in-service and pre-service teachers
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $375,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Columbus, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi University for Women
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS, for strengthening partnerships between K-12 parents, children's teachers, principals, superintendents and other school officials, including purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $285,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Columbus, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi University for Women
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi Valley State University, Curriculum Development
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,002,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Valley State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, MS for science and math education programs, which may include curriculum development
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $390,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Itta Bena, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Valley State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, MS, for training and development at the Automated Identification Technology / Automatic Data Collection Program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Itta Bena, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Valley State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi - North Central Narcotics Taskforce
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations MS Delta, Mississippi Recipients North Central Narcotics Task Force (Miss.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Sea Grant Law Center to integrate biotechnology and undersea technology development with cutting edge research for the advancement of marine science
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients National Sea Grant Law Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description The University of Mississippi Medical Center for developing a biotechnology research park
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $6,500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description The University of Southern Mississippi for forensic science technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi

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