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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 Add/Alter Intelligence Squadron Facility
(Military Construction)
Amount $16,952,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Offutt AFB, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Add/Alter Security Forces Communications Complex
(Military Construction)
Amount $8,900,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Lincoln Municipal Airport, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Advanced Magnetic Nanosensors for Defense Applications
(Defense)
Amount $4,800,000 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 Advanced Wireless Encryption Module
(Defense)
Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location 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 2008 Description Alegent Health Care System Community-based Electronic Medical Records System
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients CHI Health
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 2008 Description Alliance Municipal Airport, Establishment of Instrument Landing System
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $458,640 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Nebraska Recipients Alliance (Neb.) Municipal Airport
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Alternative Energy for Higher Education
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,141,800 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients

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