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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 MS Conservation Initiative
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,183,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Natural Resources Conservation Service Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description NASA Stennis Space Center to fund Healthy Forest Restoration Act
(Interior)
Amount $689,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients John C. Stennis Space Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Center for Critical Information Processing and Storage new construction
(Homeland Security)
Amount $72,300,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Stennis Space Center, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Center for Natural Products Research
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,724,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Center for Remote Sensing, Air, and Space Law, legal research and outreach on critical space and aviation law issues
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $2,820,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
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Locations University, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Institute of Undersea Science and Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $4,700,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Wildlife Research Center
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $255,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University; Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description New Albany Electrical Substation
(Energy and Water)
Amount $886,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description New Satellite and Computer-Based Technology for Agriculture
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $697,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Next Generation Passive Sensors (NGPS)
(Defense)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients Ducommun Miltec

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