Thompson’s College Scores

Chairman Seeks $23M Earmark

• By Paul Singer
• Roll Call Staff
• April 21, 2009, Midnight

House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) is seeking earmarks worth millions of dollars for homeland security projects at the small Mississippi college that he attended, though the school could not explain what the earmarks are for and does not yet appear to have the capacity to provide the services that Thompson wants to fund.