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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 Description (Bill)

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Amount Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Russellville Police Department to purchase mobile data terminals and other communications equipment
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $125,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Russellville, Logan County, Kentucky Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Louisville to develop scientific, objective and reliable methods for detecting physical child abuse
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients University of Louisville
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Louisville to expand the regional bio-containment laboratory
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients University of Louisville
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Louisville to research factors that hinder the wound healing process
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $750,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients University of Louisville
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Volunteers of America Second Chance Veterans Transitional Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients Volunteers of America
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 2009 Description Youth Alive, Inc At-Risk Youths Crime Prevention
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors Former Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) Locations Louisville, Kentucky Recipients Youth Alive Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Flemingsburg Police Department, KY Mobile Data Terminal Acquisition
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $45,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY) Locations Flemingsburg, Kentucky Recipients Flemingsburg (Ky.) Police Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Clark County Sheriffs Department to purchase equipment, including portable radios
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $90,000 Sponsors Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Locations Clark County, Kentucky Recipients Clark County (Ky.) Sheriff's Department
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Daviess County Sheriff Mobile Technology
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Ron Lewis (R-KY)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Locations Owensboro, Kentucky Recipients Daviess County (Ky.) Sheriff's Department

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