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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 2008 Description University of Louisville Regional NMR Facility, Research in fundamental processes of electron transport systems and the structural biology of proteins
(Energy and Water)
Amount $984,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients University of Louisville
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Louisville Research Foundation, for forensics equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $705,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Louisville Research Foundation, to develop methods for detecting child abuse.
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $376,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Louisville Research Foundation, to upgrade and expand cardiovascular facilities.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $8,070,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Louisville, technology to assist trauma victims without immediate access to emergency medical care, including astronauts
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,222,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients University of Louisville
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 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 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 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 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

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