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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) Amount

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Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Boone County Gunpowder Creek Trail System
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $427,500 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Boone County, Kentucky Recipients Boone County, Ky.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Kentucky Bio-Fuels Research Laboratory (KY)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $428,175 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Lewis (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients University of Kentucky (Lexington)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Chapel Center
(Military Construction)
Amount $450,000 Sponsors Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
Former Rep. John Tanner (D-TN)
Former Rep. Zach Wamp (R-TN)
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Locations Fort Campbell, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Murray State University, Breathitt Veterinary Center, Hopkinsville, KY, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $450,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY)
Former Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Locations Hopkinsville, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Advanced Genetic Technologies
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $452,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Appalachia Service Project, Chavies, KY, To serve families below the federal poverty level through a variety of means, such as financial assistance or equipping homes with running water
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $460,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY)
Former Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Locations Chavies, Kentucky Recipients Appalachia Service Project
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Aquatic Resources Environmental Initiative, Eastern Kentucky PRIDE - PAC
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $470,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Boone, Kenton, Campbell Counties for logistical support for the task force
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $470,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY)
Former Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Locations Boone, Kentucky Recipients Boone County, Ky.; Kenton County, Ky.; Campbell County, Ky.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Precision Agriculture, KY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $471,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Forages for Advancing Livestock Production, KY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $473,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients University of Kentucky (Lexington)

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