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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 2009 Description Western Kentucky University to complete the development of a monitoring system that will collect real-time weather observations through a statewide grid of stations in Kentucky
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $700,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Western Kentucky University, WKU Business Accelerator
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Western Kentucky University (WKU), University-Community Bikeway Project, KY
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients Western Kentucky University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description White House Clinics, Richmond, KY for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $238,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) Locations Richmond, Kentucky Recipients White House Clinics (Ky.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Project, Kentucky
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $235,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Williamsburg Lake, Grant and Pendleton counties
(Homeland Security)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY) Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Winchester Police Department Law Enforcement Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $30,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ben Chandler (D-KY) Locations Winchester, Kentucky Recipients Winchester (Ky.) Police Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description WKU Transportation Fleet Expansion, Bowling Green, KY
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $0 Sponsors Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) Locations Bowling Green, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Wolf Creek Dam, KY (Seepage Control)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $54,547,000 Sponsors President *
Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY)
Former Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY)
Former Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
...more
Locations Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Wolf Creek Dam, Lake Cumberland
(Energy and Water)
Amount $9,804,000 Sponsors Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY)
Former Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
...more
Locations Kentucky Recipients

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