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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) Amount

(desc)

Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY, to establish a program to reduce the risk of heart disease in rural areas
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $951,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Lexington, Kentucky Recipients University of Kentucky (Lexington)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Louisville Research Foundation, Louisville, KY, for construction, renovation and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $951,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients University of Louisville
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Frankfort Transit
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Frankfort, Kentucky Recipients Frankfort (Ky.) Transit System
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Kentucky-Ohio River Bridges Project, KY
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Western Kentucky University (WKU), University-Community Bikeway Project, KY
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Northern Bypass I-66, KY
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Kentucky Lock and Dam, Tennessee River, KY
(Energy and Water)
Amount $945,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY)
Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Martins Fork Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $927,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Morehead/Rowan County Airport Access Road, KY
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $902,500 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Morehead, Kentucky Recipients Morehead-Rowan County (Ky.) Clyde A. Thomas Regional Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Kentucky, new product development and commercialization center for rural manufacturers
(Financial Services)
Amount $900,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Lexington, Kentucky Recipients University of Kentucky (Lexington)

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