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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 2008 Description University of Nebraska Medical Center, for construction of a cancer floor.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $694,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Medical Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Nebraska Medical Center, for construction, renovation, and equipment at the College of Nursing in Lincoln, NE
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Medical Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Nebraska Medical Center, for the NEED_IT program for statewide lung cancer screenings
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Medical Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, to develop an environmental health informatics database
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $450,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Medical Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Nebraska-Medical Center, Omaha, NE to establish an environmental health informatics database
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $238,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE)
Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Medical Center
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 2010 Description Virtual Business Accelerator for the Silicon Prairie
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Dawnbreaker Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Visiting Nurse Association, for an intervention program for vulnerable women, infants and children
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $223,250 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Visiting Nurse Association
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Visiting Nurse Association of Omaha for a comprehensive crime intervention program for vulnerable women, infants, children, and teens
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Visiting Nurse Association
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Washington Jesuit Academy, Washington, DC, for mentoring activities
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $238,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) Locations Washington, District of Columbia Recipients

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