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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 University of Mississippi, program development, start-up costs, and curriculum
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,435,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) Locations Oxford, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Mississippi, Research in areas of increasing efficiency by reducing the amount of contrast media needed for certain procedures
(Energy and Water)
Amount $590,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Jackson, Mississippi Recipients University of Mississippi (Oxford)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Southern Mississippi National Center for Excellence in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship
(Financial Services)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients Trent Lott National Center for Excellence in Economic Development and Entrepreneurship
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Southern Mississippi, curriculum development and acquisition of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $812,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Southern Mississippi, for gifted education programs at the Frances A. Karnes Center for Gifted Studies program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $383,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Southern Mississippi, for literacy enhancement
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $383,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Southern Mississippi, for Workforce Training in Marine Composite
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $478,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, for a state-wide and regional information sharing system
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,175,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Hattiesburg, Mississippi Recipients University of Southern Mississippi
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Urban Collector Road, Jackson and Harrison Counties
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,960,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Vicksburg Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $295,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Mississippi Recipients

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