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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 2009 Description Regional Climate Centers Funding for climate research at nationwide sites
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
Former Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
Former Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)
...more
Locations Chapel Hill, Louisiana; Baton Rouge, North Carolina; Ithaca, Nebraska; Champaign, Nevada; Lincoln, New York Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Nebraska, establishment of degree program in space and telecommunications law
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,786,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska - Lincoln
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 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 2009 Description Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska for a treatment and services program to serve child and teenaged victims of trauma
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations South Sioux City, Nebraska Recipients Boys and Girls Home and Family Services Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Nebraska State Patrol
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $352,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Nebraska State Patrol, to combat methamphetamine
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $235,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Zero to Three, Omaha, NE, for maltreated infants and toddlers
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $89,300 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Zero to Three
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Partnership for a Drug Free America Meth360 Program, Washington, DC, for Anti-meth efforts uniting officers with treatment and prevention professionals
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI)
Former Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Former Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE)
...more
Locations Washington, District of Columbia Recipients Partnership to End Addiction
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) for national anti-sexual assault programs
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
Former Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE)
Former Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)
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Locations Washington, District of Columbia Recipients Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network

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