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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 Hattiesburg Area Development Partnership, Old Hattiesburg High School, for the renovation of the old high school
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $735,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Assessment of Critical Transportation Infrastructure
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Jackson, for the renovation of the Historic Medgar Evers Farish Street NAACP Office
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients City of Jackson, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Decision Support Tools for Transportation Resilience and Security
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Tunica Municipal, MS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $712,500 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Yazoo Basin, Yazoo City, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $706,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Yazoo City, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Local Initiative Support Corporation, provide community law enforcement training
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $705,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Local Initiatives Support Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Itawamba Community College, Fulton, MS for consolidation of the Tupelo and Fulton Nursing School Programs in order to provide additional nursing specialists to a five-county region
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $700,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Fulton, Mississippi Recipients Itawamba Community College (Miss.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Primary Health Care Association, Jackson, MS, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $700,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients Community Health Center Association of Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Jackson County, MS, for Phase I of construction and renovation Walter Anderson Arts Pavilion
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $700,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson County, Mississippi Recipients Jackson County, Miss.

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