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View earmark details Sen. Jim Bunning (-Kentucky) - Earmarks Requested
Retired
Alternate Name: James Paul David Bunning

 
AllSoloWith Other Members
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     35 $21,007,200
With Other Members          51 $106,208,375
All Congressional                86 $127,215,575
All Sponsored Earmarks      87* $135,715,575*
Earmark Details Year Description (Bill) Amount

(desc)

 Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
View earmark details 2009 University of Kentucky Coal-Derived Low Energy Materials for Sustainable Construction Project (KY)
(Energy and Water)		 $951,500 Rep. Geoff Davis (-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (-KY)		 Kentucky University of Kentucky
View earmark details 2010 Physical Fitness Complex
(Military Construction)		 $900,000 Rep. Geoff Davis (-KY)
Rep. John Tanner (-TN)
Rep. Ed Whitfield (-KY)
...more		 Fort Campbell, Kentucky
View earmark details 2010 Franklin County Fiscal Court for the Farmdale Area wastewater treatment plant
(Interior)		 $900,000 Rep. Ben Chandler (-KY) Franklin County, Kentucky Franklin County, Ky.
View earmark details 2009 Nanofluids for Advanced Military Mobility
(Defense)		 $800,000 Rep. Geoff Davis (-KY) Covington, Kentucky
View earmark details 2008 Model-Based Enterprise
(Defense)		 $800,000 Sen. Mitch McConnell (-KY) Unknown Location
View earmark details 2008 Kentucky Soil Erosion Control
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 $771,000 Rep. Hal Rogers (-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (-KY)		 Kentucky Kentucky Natural Resources Conservation Service
View earmark details 2009 Consortium for Plant Biotechnology
(Interior)		 $750,000 alert Rep. John Conyers (-MI)
Rep. John Lewis (-GA)
Rep. Brad Miller (-NC)
...more		 Various Locations Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research Inc.
View earmark details 2010 Kentucky Soil Erosion Control, KY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 $724,000 Rep. Hal Rogers (-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (-KY)		 Kentucky
View earmark details 2008 Technical Assistance to providing Grants to Soil Conservation Districts
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 $710,000 Rep. Hal Rogers (-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (-KY)		 Kentucky Kentucky Division of Conservation
View earmark details 2009 Installation Chapel Center
(Military Construction)		 $630,000 Rep. John Tanner (-TN)
Rep. Zach Wamp (-TN)
Rep. Ed Whitfield (-KY)
...more		 Fort Campbell, Kentucky
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