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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) Amount

(desc)

Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Countermeasures to Hemorrhaging (Liquid Bandage and Tissue Regeneration)
(Defense)
Amount $5,760,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Medical Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description High Energy Laser for Detection, Inspection and Non-destructive Testing
(Defense)
Amount $5,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Unknown Location 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 2009 Description Novel Coating Technologies for Military Equipment
(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 2009 Description Antelope Creek
(Energy and Water)
Amount $4,620,000 Sponsors President *
Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Simplified Orthopedic Surgery
(Defense)
Amount $4,240,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Medical Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Battlefield Tracheal Intubation
(Defense)
Amount $4,200,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Protection Against Improvised Explosive Devices
(Defense)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Unknown Location Recipients
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 2009 Description Novel System for Developing Therapeutics Against Botulism
(Defense)
Amount $4,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients

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