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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 Stennis Space Center, technology/industry partnership in assisting in transitioning space technologies into the commercial sector
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $3,760,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients John C. Stennis Space Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Strategic Biomass Initiative
(Energy and Water)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sustainable Energy Research Center at MSU
(Energy and Water)
Amount $10,824,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Chip Pickering (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients Sustainable Energy Research Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors, for the restoration of the Tallahatchie County Courthouse
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $686,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Summer, Mississippi Recipients Tallahatchie County, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway
(Energy and Water)
Amount $28,048,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Artur Genestre Davis (D-AL)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
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Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The City of Brookhaven for water and wastewater improvements project
(Interior)
Amount $295,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) Locations Brookhaven, Mississippi Recipients City of Brookhaven, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The City of Fulton for wastewater improvement project
(Interior)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Fulton, Mississippi Recipients City of Fulton, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The City of Independence, Tate County School District for Water System Improvements
(Interior)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) Locations Independence, Mississippi Recipients Tate County (Miss.) School District
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The City of Oxford for wastewater construction project
(Interior)
Amount $337,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients City of Oxford, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The City of RidgelandWastewater and water quality protection project
(Interior)
Amount $197,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Ridgeland, Mississippi Recipients City of Ridgeland, Miss.

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