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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)

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Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research
(Energy and Water)
Amount $3,806,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI)
Former Rep. Allen Boyd (D-FL)
Former Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
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Locations Georgia; Hawaii; Kentucky; Michigan; North Carolina; New York; South Dakota Recipients Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research Inc.
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 2009 Description Creighton University, for construction, renovation and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Creighton University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Creighton University, for personal training, equipment, and technological upgrades for the Milton R. Abrahams Legal Clinic
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $178,600 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Creighton University
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Creighton University Training & Research In Solar Power
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Crypto-Linguist/lntelligence Officer Initiative
(Defense)
Amount $640,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Crypto-Linguist/lntelligence Officer Initiative
(Defense)
Amount $2,720,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Unknown Location Recipients
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 2008 Description Drought Mitigation
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $372,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Drought Mitigation
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $469,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Nebraska Recipients

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