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Where are this year's earmarks
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)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Anderson County Sheriff's Mobile Data Terminals
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $188,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) Locations Anderson, Kentucky Recipients Anderson County (Ky.) Sheriff's Office
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Animal Health
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $291,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients University of Kentucky (Lexington)
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
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Animal Health Research and Diagnostics, KY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Murray, Kentucky Recipients Murray State University
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 2009 Description Animal Waste Management Research Laboratory,
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,088,000 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 2009 Description Anti-Sniper Infrared Targeting System
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY)
Former Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
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Locations Lexington, 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 2010 Description Appalachia Service Project, Chavies, KY, To serve families below the federal poverty level through a variety of means, such as financial assistance or equipping homes with running water
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $460,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY)
Former Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Locations Chavies, Kentucky Recipients Appalachia Service Project
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

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