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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
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 Claiborne County Port
(Energy and Water)
Amount $59,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Claiborne County (Miss.) Port
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Coast Transit Authority Bus and Bus Facilities
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $2,940,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Coast Transit Authority (Gulfport, Miss.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cogongrass Control, MS
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $221,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Coldwater River Basin Below Arkabutla Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $295,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Communications system
(Homeland Security)
Amount $20,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Continue planning and development of the Smith County Lake recreation project
(Interior)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cooling, Heating, and Power at MSU
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,968,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cormorant control, Delta States
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $237,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description CREATE Foundation, Tupelo, MS for childhood obesity prevention programs
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $430,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) Locations Tupelo, Mississippi Recipients

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