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Fiscal Year(s)

View earmark details Former Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) - Earmarks Requested

Retired • Alternate Name: Earl Benjamin Nelson
All     Solo     With Other Members     
* Numbers other than "All Sponsored Earmarks" do not include earmarks requested by the president to better reflect political power. This follows the methodology used by Taxpayers for Common Sense.
Fiscal Year(s) 2008-2010 Number Cost
Solo Earmarks                     Number 56 Cost $62,249,440
With Other Members          Number 113 Cost $182,220,050
All Congressional                Number 169 Cost $244,469,490
All Sponsored Earmarks      Number 174* Cost $294,574,490*
Earmark Details Year

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Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Sand Creek Watershed, Saunders County, NE
(Energy and Water)
Amount $400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Saunders County, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Soldier Survival in Extreme Environments
(Defense)
Amount $2,960,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Solutions for Infection Control in Military Hospitals
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Southeast Nebraska Cancer Center/National Functional Genomics Center
(Defense)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients Cancer Partners of Nebraska
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Special Olympics for Special Olympics educational programs that can be integrated into classroom instruction and for activities to increase the participation of individuals with intellectual disabilities, as authorized under the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $8,095,000 Sponsors Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)
Former Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA)
Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
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Locations Washington, District of Columbia Recipients Special Olympics Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Special Olympics, Omaha, NE for the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $238,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Special Olympics Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description St. Monica's Home, Lincoln, NE for construction of the new St. Monica's Community Center for low income women and their families in need of substance abuse and mental health treatment
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $418,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Stable Fly Control, Lincoln, NE
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $866,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description STRATCOM Replacement Facility Design
(Military Construction)
Amount $10,000,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unspecified/Worldwide Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Sweet Sorghum for Energy Production, NE
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $140,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients

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