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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 2008 Description University of Nebraska Medical Center, conduct nanoscale imaging of proteins
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,968,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Medical Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Bioenergy Demonstration Project: Value-Added Products from Renewable Fuels
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,903,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Nebraska, establishment of degree program in space and telecommunications law
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $1,786,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Cybersecurity of Security Control Networks
(Defense)
Amount $1,700,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Omaha
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Harlan County Lake
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,658,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients
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 2010 Description Virtual Business Accelerator for the Silicon Prairie
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Dawnbreaker Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Surgical Wound Disinfection and Biological Agents
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Marion Berry (D-AR)
Former Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Former Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR)
...more
Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Next Generation Automated Technology for Landmine Detection
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Rapid Identification of Biological Warfare Agents
(Defense)
Amount $1,600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)
Former Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
...more
Locations Unknown Location Recipients

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