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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cumberland County for the Burkesville Industrial Development Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $98,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) Locations Cumberland, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Daniel Boone National Forest
(Interior)
Amount $172,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Daniel Boone National Forest, Law Enforcement
(Interior)
Amount $886,000 Sponsors President *
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Daviess County Sheriff's Department
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $188,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Lewis (R-KY) Locations Daviess, Kentucky Recipients Daviess County (Ky.) Sheriff's Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Delta Regional Authority
(Energy and Water)
Amount $11,498,000 Sponsors President (solo) * Locations Arkansas; Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Missouri; Mississippi; Tennessee Recipients Delta Regional Authority
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Development and Research of Zero Energy Homes at Ft. Campbell
(Defense)
Amount $2,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Tanner (D-TN)
Former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Dewey Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,602,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Digital Direct Manufacturing Research Center
(Defense)
Amount $1,280,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients University of Louisville Research Foundation Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Eastern Kentucky University Chemical Research Instrumentation
(Energy and Water)
Amount $295,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients Eastern Kentucky University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Elvis Stahr (Hickman) Harbor
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,747,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients

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