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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 Atlas Program
(Homeland Security)
Amount $30,700,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Audubon Mississippi, for a nature-based education facility
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Moss Point, Mississippi Recipients National Audubon Society Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Audubon Mississippi for the Pascagoula River Audubon Center, construction of nature-based education facility that contributes to economic and community recovery of Gulf Coast
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $686,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Moss Point, Mississippi Recipients National Audubon Society Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Ballistic Precision Aerial Delivery System (BPADS)
(Defense)
Amount $1,000,000 Sponsors Rep. John Larson (D-CT)
Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Columbia, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Barnes Crossing Road/Natchez Trace Parkway Bridge
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Battalion Maintenance Facility
(Military Construction)
Amount $5,870,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Gulfport, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Beaver management and control
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $472,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Beaver Management and Control
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $443,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Biloxi Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,175,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Biloxi Harbor, Miss.
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,188,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Biloxi, Mississippi Recipients

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