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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 2008 Description Bioceramic Bones for Battlefield Traumas
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 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 Boys Town National Research Hospital construction, renovation, and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $690,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Boys Town National Research Hospital (Omaha, NE)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Buck and Duck Creek Watershed Project
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $2,471,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Cather Foundation, Moon Block Project for historical renovations
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $588,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Red Cloud, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description CEDARS Youth Services, CEDARS Children's Crisis Shelter construction
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $328,300 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients CEDARS Youth Services Inc.
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 2008 Description Center for Rural Affairs for small business training and technical assistance website
(Financial Services)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lyons, Nebraska Recipients Center for Rural Affairs
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Charles Drew Health Center, Inc., for construction, renovation, and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $958,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Kearney, for construction of the Peterson Senior Activity Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $656,600 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Kearney, Nebraska Recipients City of Kearney, Neb.
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

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