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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 2010 Description Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, for enhancing K-12 science and mathematics preparation
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Mississippi State, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, MS, for archive of newspaper and digital media
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) Locations Perkinston, Mississippi Recipients Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description County-wide Law Enforcement Programs
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) Locations Port Gibson, Mississippi Recipients Claiborne County (Miss.) Sheriff's Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Ridgeland, MS, City Center renovation and construction
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Gregg Harper (R-MS) Locations Ridgeland, Mississippi Recipients City of Ridgeland, Miss.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Choctaw County Reservoir, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) Locations Choctaw County, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mouth of Yazoo River, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Pearl River Watershed, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Locations Pearl River, Mississippi Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Yazoo River, MS
(Energy and Water)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Locations Yazoo River, Mississippi 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 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

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