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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)

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Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Creighton University Training & Research In Solar Power
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients
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 2010 Description Novel Photocatalytic Metal Oxides (NE)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Section 117--Antelope Creek, Lincoln, NE
(Energy and Water)
Amount $0 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Section 122--Sand Creek, Nebraska
(Energy and Water)
Amount $0 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Sand Creek, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Switchgrass Biofuel Research: Carbon Sequestration and Life Cycle Analysis
(Energy and Water)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Platte River, Fremont, NE
(Energy and Water)
Amount $0 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Fremont, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Nebraska, Kearney for the Central Nebraska World Trade Center
(Financial Services)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Kearney, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska at Kearney
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Nebraska Community Foundation, HomeTown Competitiveness, Lincoln, NE
(Financial Services)
Amount $285,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients Nebraska Community Foundation
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE Micro-Enterprise Center for Information Technology Development
(Financial Services)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Omaha

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