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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 2009 Description Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, for purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $238,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Lewis (R-KY) Locations Elizabethtown, Kentucky Recipients Elizabethtown (Ky.) Community and Technical College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Estill County Sheriff Security Upgrades
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $60,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) Locations Irvine, Kentucky Recipients Estill County (Ky.) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Gilda's Club to provide free education and peer-based counseling to youths and their families regarding cancer prevention, diagnosis, and treatment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients Gilda's Club Kentuckiana
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Henderson County Fiscal Court to purchase severe weather warning sirens in populated areas of Henderson County, where no systems currently exist
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $110,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Henderson County, Kentucky Recipients Henderson County, Ky.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Jessamine County Schools, Jessamine County Internet Safety Project for Children
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) Locations Nicholasville, Kentucky Recipients Jessamine County (Ky.) Schools
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Jessamine County Sheriff Mobile Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $75,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) Locations Nicholasville, Kentucky Recipients Jessamine County (Ky.) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Marshall County Sheriff's Department to purchase and upgrade law enforcement equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Marshall County, Kentucky Recipients Marshall County (Ky.) Sheriff's Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Menifee County Sheriffs Department to purchase law enforcement technology equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $30,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Menifee County, Kentucky Recipients Menifee County (Ky.) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Morehead State University, Morehead, KY to improve rural health
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $238,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Morehead, Kentucky Recipients Morehead State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Northern Kentucky University's College of Informatics, Highland Heights, KY
(Financial Services)
Amount $1,900,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Highland Heights, Kentucky Recipients Northern Kentucky University

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