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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 LOU Public Transit System
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $857,500 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Mississippi for training, education and research
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $850,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Technology Alliance for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, MS
(Financial Services)
Amount $850,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Ridgeland, Mississippi Recipients Innovate Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Genomics for Southern Crop Stress and Disease
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $849,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Southaven
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $846,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) Locations Southaven, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cropping Systems Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $843,000 Sponsors Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Former Rep. John Duncan (R-TN)
Former Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN)
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Locations Stoneville, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Southern Mississippi, curriculum development and acquisition of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $812,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Yazoo Basin, Big Sunflower River, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $804,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Joint Precision AirDrop System-Mission Planner Rapid Fielding Initiative
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS) Locations Long Beach, Mississippi Recipients Planning Systems Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description U.S. Navy Mobile Condition Assessment System Pilot
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
...more
Locations Gulfport, Mississippi Recipients Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport (Miss.)

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