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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Earmark Spending in Kentucky

* 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. 599 Total Amount $960,541,427
All earmarks No. 679* Total Amount $2,879,856,427*
Earmark Details Year

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Animal Waste Management Research Laboratory
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,390,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients Agricultural Research Service Food Animal Environmental Systems Research Unit
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachia Service Project, home repair services for Kentucky's low-income families
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $137,200 Sponsors Former Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) Locations Chavies, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Appalachian Regional Commission
(Energy and Water)
Amount $71,863,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Georgia; Kentucky; Maryland; Mississippi; New York; North Carolina; Ohio; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia Recipients Appalachian Regional Commission
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Aquaculture Monitoring Technology
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $74,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients Kentucky State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Aquatic Resources Environmental Initiative, Eastern Kentucky PRIDE - ORF
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,128,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Aquatic Resources Environmental Initiative, Eastern Kentucky PRIDE - PAC
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $470,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Armed Forces Reserve Center Building. Phase 1
(Military Construction)
Amount $12,000,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Fort Knox, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Ballard County for the Ballard County Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Community Shelter
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $49,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) Locations Ballard, Kentucky Recipients Ballard County (Ky.) Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Barracks (Grow the Force)
(Military Construction)
Amount $27,000,000 Sponsors President *
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Fort Campbell, Kentucky Recipients U.S. Marine Corps
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Barren County Fiscal Court, mobile data terminals and other communications equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $235,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Barren, Kentucky Recipients Barren County, Ky.

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