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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 2008 Description John C. Stennis Institute for Capacity Development Initiative
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $784,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients John C. Stennis Institute of Government
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 2008 Description Marks Airport
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $980,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Martin Bluff Road
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,666,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Northside Drive
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $3,185,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Clinton, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Runway Touchdown Zone and Centerline Lighting, Gulfport-Biloxi Airport
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Biloxi, Mississippi Recipients Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation, for the renovation of the Southern Cultural Heritage Center Auditorium
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $196,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Vicksburg, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description SR 601 from I-10 to SSR 25
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $980,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Star Landing Road Corridor
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $2,352,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations DeSoto, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Statesman Blvd. and Trail
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,470,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients

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