Menu Search Account

LegiStorm

Get LegiStorm App Visit Product Demo Website
» Get LegiStorm App
» Get LegiStorm Pro Free Demo
Where are this year's earmarks
Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Former Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Kentucky, 1st) - Earmarks Requested

Resigned • Alternate Name: Wayne Edward Whitfield
All     Solo     With 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                     Number 24 Cost $7,440,500
With Other Members          Number 27 Cost $65,392,325
All Congressional                Number 51 Cost $72,832,825
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 62* Cost $709,056,825*
Earmark Details Year

(desc)

Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Paducah Area Transit System
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,960,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients Paducah (Ky.) Area Transit System
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Olmstead Locks and Dam, Ohio River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $102,336,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Writing Project, a nonprofit organization that supports and promotes K-16 teacher training programs in the effective teaching of writing.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $23,581,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY)
Former Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA)
...more
Locations Berkeley, California Recipients National Writing Project
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Murray State University, for purchase of equipment at the Veterinary Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Hopkinsville, Kentucky Recipients Murray State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Muhlenberg Community Hospital, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Greenville, Kentucky Recipients Muhlenberg Community Hospital (Greenville, Ky.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Kentucky Lock and Dam, Tennessee River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $51,168,000 Sponsors President *
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Former Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Fulton County Transit Authority
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $392,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Fulton, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description FlexTrain exportable Combat Training Capability
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jim Oberstar (D-MN)
Former Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS)
...more
Locations Little Falls, Minnesota; Austin, Texas Recipients Minnesota National Guard; Texas Army National Guard; Kentucky National Guard
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Elvis Stahr (Hickman) Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,747,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cumberland County for the Burkesville Industrial Development Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Cumberland, Kentucky Recipients

Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )