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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 University, Bowling Green, KY, for campus public safety
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $188,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY for expansion of operations of the WKU Business Accelerator in order to serve new companies, and for the purchase of fume hoods, wet labs and other equipment
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $166,250 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Lewis (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY for purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Western Kentucky University Business Accelerator, for expansion of the WKU Business Accelerator
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $49,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Lewis (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Western Kentucky University Research Foundation Biodiesel Project
(Energy and Water)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Western Kentucky University Research Foundation, Bowling Green, KY, for equipment purchase
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University Research Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Western Kentucky University Research Foundation, Bowling Green, KY, for technology upgrades, including the purchase of equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $2,379,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University Research Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Western Kentucky University Research Foundation, equipment acquisition for the science, technology and engineering facility
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $1,436,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University Research Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Western Kentucky University Research Foundation, for the Western Kentucky University Mobile Health Screening Unit.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $478,000 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 University Shuttle Bus Improvement Project, KY
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University

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