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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 Regional Counterdrug Training Academy
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $291,400 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS) Locations Meridian, Mississippi Recipients Regional Counterdrug Training Academy
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Regional Counterdrug Training Academy, Meridian
(Defense)
Amount $2,160,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Meridan, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Regional Ensembling System for Atmospheric Dispersion Forecasting
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,410,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Remote Infrasonic Monitoring of Natural Hazards
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,645,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations California; Hawaii; Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Research, Technology and Economic Development Park to generate high technology jobs and enhance the overall economic development of the region, including additional service, construction, and retail jobs, Mississippi State University
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $7,332,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Starkville, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rosedale Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $570,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Runway Touchdown Zone and Centerline Lighting, Gulfport-Biloxi Airport
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Biloxi, Mississippi Recipients Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rural Development Direct Loans for Mississippi Delta Region counties
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,425,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rural Systems
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $229,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients Jackson State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rust College, acquisition of equipment for the Science and Math Annex
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $478,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Holly Springs, Mississippi Recipients

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