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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 Amite County Medical Services, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $129,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS) Locations Liberty, Mississippi Recipients Amite County (Miss.) Medical Services Inc:
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description East Fork, Tombigbee River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $127,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mouth of Yazoo River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $127,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Mississippi Music Archive
(Legislative Branch)
Amount $125,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations University, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Coldwater River Basin Brow Arkabutu Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $125,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description East Fork, Tombigbee River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $125,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Lower Mississippi River Resource Assessment, AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO & TN
(Energy and Water)
Amount $112,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Former Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Locations Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Missouri; Mississippi; Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Medicinal' and Bioactive Crops, Oxford, MS
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $111,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Coahoma County Sheriff Department, law enforcement
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Coahoma County, Mississippi Recipients Coahoma County (Miss.) Sheriff Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Holmes County Sheriff Department, law enforcement
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Holmes County, Mississippi Recipients Holmes County (Miss.) Sheriff's Department

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