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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 Description (Bill) Amount

(desc)

Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Visualization for Training and Simulation in Urban Terrains at Fort Knox
(Defense)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Lexington, Kentucky Recipients University of Kentucky (Lexington); U.S. Army Fort Knox (Ky.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Western Kentucky University Shuttle Bus Improvement Project, KY
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The City of Lexington, Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government for South Elkhorn Pump Station and Force Main Project
(Interior)
Amount $1,181,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) Locations Lexington, Kentucky Recipients Lexington-Fayette Urban County (Ky.) Government
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Paintsville Lake, KY
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,170,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Paintsville Lake, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Big Sandy Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,161,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Fern Lake
(Interior)
Amount $1,150,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Middlesboro, Kentucky Recipients Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
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 Marrowbone Creek
(Interior)
Amount $1,104,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Western Kentucky University Bowling Green Data Center, Bowling Green, KY
(Financial Services)
Amount $1,100,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Yatesville Lake, KY
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,095,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Kentucky Recipients

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