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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, Lincoln, Bioenergy Demonstration Project; Value-Added Products from Renewable Fuels
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,968,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Nebraska, Kearney, CIBS Solar Cell Development, Solar
(Energy and Water)
Amount $935,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Kearney, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska at Kearney
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Lower Platte River and Tributaries, NE
(Energy and Water)
Amount $167,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Harlan County Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,658,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Sand Creek Watershed, Saunders County
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,591,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Saunders, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Salt Cedar and Russian Olive Control Program
(Energy and Water)
Amount $590,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Former Rep. John Salazar (D-CO)
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Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description FPMS: Papillion Creek Watershed, Flood Plain Mapping
(Energy and Water)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Intelligent Controls for Net-Zero Energy Buildings (NE)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $475,750 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,806,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL)
Former Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
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Locations Georgia; Hawaii; Kentucky; Michigan; North Carolina; New York; South Dakota Recipients Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Platte River
(Energy and Water)
Amount $157,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Fremont, Nebraska Recipients

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