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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

(desc)

 Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sweet sorghum for energy production
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $149,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)		 Locations Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description CEDARS Youth Services, Inc., for construction of the Children's Crisis Center for abused, homeless, and runaway youth in southeast Nebraska
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)		 Amount $142,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients CEDARS Youth Services Inc.
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
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description CEDARS, Lincoln, NE, for an emergency shelter program for runaway and homeless youth
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $133,950 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients CEDARS Youth Services Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Alliance for Food Protection
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $130,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients University of Georgia (Athens); University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Alliance for Food Protection
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)		 Amount $122,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Heartland Family Service for the Methamphetamine Treatment Program for Omaha
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Heartland Family Service
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 2010 Description Family Justice Center of the Midlands
(Commerce, Justice and Science)		 Amount $100,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients City of Omaha, Neb.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Wayne State College, Norfolk, NE for equipment at the South Sioux City College Center
(Labor-HHS-Education)		 Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Norfolk, Nebraska Recipients

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