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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Nanoelectronic Memory, Sensor and Energy Devices
(Defense)
Amount $6,300,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Safeguarding End-User Military Software
(Defense)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description International Trade Scholars Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Lincoln, NE for facilities and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $650,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital (Lincoln, Neb.)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Nebraska Community Foundation, HomeTown Competitiveness, Lincoln, NE
(Financial Services)
Amount $275,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients Nebraska Community Foundation
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 2010 Description Great Plain Riparian Initiative, National Wild Turkey Federation, NE
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Edgefield, South Carolina Recipients National Wild Turkey Federation
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
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 Understanding Blast Induced Brain Injury
(Defense)
Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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