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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) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Yazoo Diversion Canal
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Animal management and control, Mississippi
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $496,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Gulf Coast corridor grade crossing hazard elimination
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Bill Jefferson (D-LA)
Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Innovation Center at the University of Mississippi for a business incubator
(Financial Services)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Jackson State University for continuation of the Lynch Street Corridor Redevelopment
(Financial Services)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description The University of Southern Mississippi to build decision support tools related to flooding and/or storm surge that provide a 3D visulization for emergency management officals to plan, train, and coordinate relief efforts
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 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 Mississippi Forest Legacy Program
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Mississippi Homeland Security Office, MS
(Homeland Security)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Office of Homeland Security
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description West Madison Utility District, Drinking Water Improvements
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi Recipients Ochsner Medical Center - Hancock (Bay St. Louis, Miss.)

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )