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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 Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Western Kentucky Environmental Monitoring Network, to complete the development of a monitoring system that will collect real-time observations through a statewide grid of stations in Kentucky administered, Western Kentucky University Research Foundation
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $705,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University Research Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Western Kentucky Community and Technical College, Paducah, KY for purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY)
Former Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Locations Paducah, Kentucky Recipients West Kentucky Community and Technical College (Paducah)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description WestCare Kentucky, Ashcamp, KY for a substance abuse treatment and voucher program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $670,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Ashcamp, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wayne County Academy, Alpha, KY for a substance abuse counseling program
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Alpha, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Warrior in Transition Complex
(Military Construction)
Amount $70,000,000 Sponsors President *
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Fort Knox, Kentucky Recipients
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 2008 Description Visually Impaired Preschool Services, Louisville, KY for programs to address school readiness needs of visually impaired children
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients City of Louisville, Ky.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Visualization for Training and Simulation in Urban Terrains at Fort Knox
(Defense)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Lexington, Kentucky Recipients University of Kentucky (Lexington); U.S. Army Fort Knox (Ky.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Vehicle Maintenance Complex
(Military Construction)
Amount $49,000,000 Sponsors President *
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Fort Campbell, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description US-25 Widening, Laurel County, KY
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Laurel County, Kentucky Recipients

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