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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 2010 Description University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $8,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi Medical Center (Jackson)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description F-15C AESA Classified Demo
(Defense)
Amount $8,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
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Locations Mississippi Recipients Raytheon Co.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Yazoo Basin, Grenada Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $7,872,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Extremely Large, Domestic Expendable and Reusable Structures Manufacturing Center
(Defense)
Amount $7,840,000 Sponsors Rep. Robert Aderholt (R-AL)
Former Rep. Rolf Parker Griffith (R-AL)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
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Locations Mississippi Recipients ATK Mission Systems
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Orion High Altitude Long Endurance UAV Risk Reduction Effort
(Defense)
Amount $7,760,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Columbus, Mississippi Recipients Aurora Flight Sciences Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Yazoo Basin, Sardis Lake, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $7,757,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description I-69 HOV/BRT, MS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $7,650,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description I-69 HOVBRT, MS
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $7,546,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Center for Marine Aquaculture, to construct a center to provide scientists, engineers, and economists the capability to apply recent advances in aquaculture, biotechnology, pathology, nutrition, genetics, engineering, microbiology, and economics to remove the technical and profitability constraints to growth of a marine aquaculture industry, University of Southern Mississippi
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $7,520,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Stennis, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Yazoo Basin, Enid Lake, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $7,381,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Enid Lake, Mississippi Recipients

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