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Where are this year's earmarks 
Fiscal Year(s)
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 | 599 | $960,541,427 |
| All earmarks | 679* | $2,879,856,427* |
| Earmark Details | Year | Description (Bill) |
Amount (desc) |
Sponsors | Locations | Receiving Organization |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
2010 |
SOF Battalion Ops Complex (Military Construction) |
$29,289,000 |
President * Sen. Mitch McConnell  -KY) |
Fort Campbell, Kentucky | |
|
|
2008 |
Barracks (Grow the Force) (Military Construction) |
$27,000,000 |
President * Sen. Mitch McConnell -KY) |
Fort Campbell, Kentucky | U.S. Marine Corps |
|
|
2008 |
Unit Operation Facilities (Grow the Force) (Military Construction) |
$24,000,000 |
President * Sen. Mitch McConnell -KY) |
Fort Campbell, Kentucky | U.S. Marine Corps |
|
|
2009 |
Medical/Dental Clinic (Military Construction) |
$24,000,000 |
President * Sen. Mitch McConnell -KY) |
Fort Campbell, Kentucky | |
|
|
2009 |
Kentucky Lock and Dam, Tennessee River, KY (Energy and Water) |
$22,330,000 |
President * Rep. Ed Whitfield -KY)Sen. Mitch McConnell -KY) |
Kentucky | |
|
|
2009 |
New Elementary School (Military Construction) |
$21,400,000 |
President * Sen. Mitch McConnell -KY) |
Fort Campbell, Kentucky | |
|
|
2009 |
Blue Grass Chemical Agent Destruction Pilot Plant (Defense) |
$20,000,000 |
Sen. Mitch McConnell -KY) |
Kentucky | |
|
|
2008 |
Special Operations Forces Group Support Battalion Complex (Military Construction) |
$18,500,000 |
President * Sen. Mitch McConnell -KY) |
Fort Campbell, Kentucky | |
|
|
2008 |
Ammunition Demilitarization Facility PH VIII (Military Construction) |
$18,000,000 |
Sen. Mitch McConnell -KY) |
Blue Grass Army Depot, Kentucky | |
|
|
2009 |
Mississippi River Levees, MO, AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO, TN (Energy and Water) |
$15,873,000 |
Rep. Marion Berry  -AR)Sen. Kit Bond -MO)Sen. Thad Cochran -MS)...more |
Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Missouri; Mississippi; Tennessee | |
| 679 results | ||||||
Information provided by Taxpayers for Common Sense ( http://www.taxpayer.net/ )
