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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 2010 Description Cannabis Eradication
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Hattiesburg, MS, for renovations and replacement of buildings and equipment in a park in a blighted neighborhood
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients City of Hattiesburg, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Hattiesburg Longleaf Trace Rails To Trails, MS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description The University of Southern Mississippi for the Early Stage Entrepreneur and Commercialization Development, Hattiesburg, MS
(Financial Services)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for a relapse prevention program, including for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
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 2010 Description University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for the development of a student retention initiative
(Labor-HHS-Education)
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 2010 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 $500,000 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 2010 Description Critical Justice Systems Repairs and Updates
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Hinds County (Miss.) Sheriff's Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Jackson State University for Economic and Community Development through Heritage Tourism, MS
(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 2010 Description Jackson State University. Jackson, MS, for Mississippi Learning Institute to improve reading and literacy instruction
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University

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