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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 2010 Description Mississippi-North Central Narcotics Taskforce
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Port Gibson, Mississippi Recipients North Central Narcotics Task Force (Miss.)
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 2010 Description Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Foundation, Jackson, MS, for science education exhibits and outreach programs
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Foundation, Jackson, MS for educational outreach programs
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $220,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Foundation
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 2010 Description Mississippi Homeland Security Office, MS
(Homeland Security)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS, for workforce training
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $350,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Perkinston, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS, for archive of newspaper and digital media
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Perkinston, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, for equipment and furnishings for a marine technology center and estuarine education center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Gautier, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
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

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