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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 Middlesboro Cumberland River Basin
(Energy and Water)
Amount $843,000 Sponsors No sponsor indicated Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi River Levees
(Energy and Water)
Amount $11,611,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)
Former Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)
Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)
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Locations Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Missouri; Mississippi; Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Mississippi River Levees
(Energy and Water)
Amount $54,129,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)
Former Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO)
Former Rep. Bill Jefferson (D-LA)
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Locations Illinois; Kentucky; Louisiana; Missouri; Mississippi; Tennessee Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Modular Command Post Tent
(Defense)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Stearns, Kentucky Recipients Outdoor Venture Corp.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Morehead State University, to improve rural health
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $287,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) Locations Morehead, Kentucky Recipients Morehead State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description MTTC/IPI and National Surface Treatment Center
(Defense)
Amount $3,200,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients Innovative Productivity Inc.; McConnell Technology and Training Center; National Surface Treatment Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Muhlenberg Community Hospital, for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $143,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) Locations Greenville, Kentucky Recipients Muhlenberg Community Hospital (Greenville, Ky.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Murray State University, for purchase of equipment at the Veterinary Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $192,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) Locations Hopkinsville, Kentucky Recipients Murray State University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Murray-Calloway County Economic Development Corporation for the Industrial Park Acquisition and Development Project
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,960,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Murray-Calloway, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description National Safe Place Youth Safety Awareness Initiative
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $211,500 Sponsors Former Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients National Safe Place Network

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