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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 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 Sand Creek Watershed, Saunders County
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,591,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Saunders, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Systems Biology Research Facility
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $1,390,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Realignment of Saddle Creek Road
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,313,200 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description BattleSpace: Reducing Military Decision Cycles
(Defense)
Amount $1,280,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description City of Plattsmouth for combined sewer overflow improvements
(Interior)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Plattsmouth, Nebraska Recipients City of Plattsmouth, Neb.
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 Southeast Nebraska Cancer Center/National Functional Genomics Center
(Defense)
Amount $1,200,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients Cancer Partners of Nebraska
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Alternative Energy for Higher Education
(Energy and Water)
Amount $1,141,800 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Replacement of US-159 Bridge at Rulo, NE
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $1,140,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Rulo, Nebraska Recipients

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