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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 Rust College, to purchase equipment and digitize holdings
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $287,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) Locations Holly Springs, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Seismic and Acoustic Technologies in Soils Sedimentation Lab
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $354,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
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Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Shrimp Aquaculture
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $3,097,000 Sponsors Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA)
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Locations Hawaii; Louisiana; Massachusetts; Mississippi; South Carolina; Texas Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Smith County, MS , Sheriff's Department
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $61,100 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS) Locations Smith, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description SOF Riverine and Combatant Craft Operations Facility
(Military Construction)
Amount $10,200,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations John C. Stennis Space Center, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation, for the renovation of the Southern Cultural Heritage Center Auditorium
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $196,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Vicksburg, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description SR 601 from I-10 to SSR 25
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $980,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gene Taylor (D-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Star Landing Road Corridor
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $2,352,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations DeSoto, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Statesman Blvd. and Trail
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,470,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Stennis Space Center, infrastructure improvements for Crew Exploration Vehicle Testing
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $2,820,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients John C. Stennis Space Center

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