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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 Blair Bypass-South Corridor, NE
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $974,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Airport Authority of the County of Scottsbluff, Maintenance of Airport runways and taxiways, safety factors
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $656,600 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Scottsbluff, Nebraska Recipients Western Nebraska Regional Airport Authority
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 2010 Description Wayne State College, Wayne, Nebraska, for construction of a new collaborative education center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $292,200 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Wayne, Nebraska Recipients Wayne (Neb.) State College
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Kearney, for construction of the Peterson Senior Activity Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $656,600 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Kearney, Nebraska Recipients City of Kearney, Neb.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Lincoln, for Antelope Valley Project Community Revitalization
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $176,400 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients City of Lincoln, Neb.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Center for People in Need, for construction and renovation to create the Non-Profits and Education/ Training Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $950,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, 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 2008 Description Girls and Boys Town USA, for construction of facilities at priority national projects
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Boys Town, Nebraska Recipients Boys Town USA
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Panhandle Area Development District, Gering, NE, for remodel of an existing building into a physical and virtual small business incubator to serve the Panhandle of Nebraska
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $0 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Gering, Nebraska Recipients Panhandle Area (Neb.) Development District

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