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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

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Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Washington Jesuit Academy, Washington, DC, for mentoring activities
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $238,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) Locations Washington, District of Columbia Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Nebraska-Medical Center, Omaha, NE to establish an environmental health informatics database
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $238,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE)
Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Medical Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Special Olympics, Omaha, NE for the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $238,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Special Olympics Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Girls and Boys Town USA, for construction of facilities at priority national projects
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $245,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Boys Town, Nebraska Recipients Boys Town USA
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE Micro-Enterprise Center for Information Technology Development
(Financial Services)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Omaha
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Novel Photocatalytic Metal Oxides (NE)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Boys and Girls Home of Nebraska for a treatment and services program to serve child and teenaged victims of trauma
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $250,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations South Sioux City, Nebraska Recipients Boys and Girls Home and Family 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 TeenMates Mentoring Program, for mentoring services to youth
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $258,500 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients
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

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