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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 Volunteers of America Second Chance Veterans Transitional Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients Volunteers of America
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Western Kentucky University to complete the development of a monitoring system that will collect real-time weather observations through a statewide grid of stations in Kentucky
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $700,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Youth Alive, Inc At-Risk Youths Crime Prevention
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients Youth Alive Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description 101st Airborne Injury Prevention and Performance Enhancement Research Initiative
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Former Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN)
Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Abraham Lincoln Birthplace NHS
(Interior)
Amount $1,596,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Advanced Genetic Technologies
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $452,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Aerial Canopy MASINT System
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Somerset, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Air-Supported Temper Tent
(Defense)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Stearns, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Ammunition Demilitarization Facility Incr 9
(Military Construction)
Amount $67,218,000 Sponsors President *
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Blue Grass Depot, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Animal Health, Forages for Advancing livestock Production Project
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $273,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients

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