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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 Description (Bill) Amount

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Material Science Smart Coatings (NE)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description The City of South Sioux City for wastewater system improvements
(Interior)
Amount $492,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations South Sioux City, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Antelope Valley Transportation Improvements
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Metro Area Transit--Video Surveillance Security System for Transit Buses/Americans with Disabilities Act Complementary Paratransit Vehicles
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $490,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description NeighborWorks Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, for neighborhood revitalization including elimination of blight, construction of single family homes, rehabilitation and repairs
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $487,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients NeighborWorks Lincoln (Neb.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Mid Plains Community College, McCook, NE, for construction of a new events center that supports rural economic development and activity in southwestern Nebraska
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $487,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations McCook, Nebraska Recipients Mid-Plains (Neb.)Community College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Boys Town National Research Hospital, for construction, renovation and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $476,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Boys Town National Research Hospital (Omaha, NE)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE, to develop and implement a training program centered on civic leadership
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $476,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Omaha
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Intelligent Controls for Net-Zero Energy Buildings (NE)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $475,750 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Northeast Community College, Norfolk, NE for construction of the College Center at South Sioux City, NE
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $475,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations South Sioux City, Nebraska Recipients

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