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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 2010 Description Drought Mitigation, NE
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $600,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Durham Museum Photo Archive Project
(Legislative Branch)
Amount $200,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Endangered Species Recovery Implementation Program
(Energy and Water)
Amount $20,107,000 Sponsors President *
Former Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT)
Former Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)
Former Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
...more
Locations Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Family Justice Center of the Midlands
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients City of Omaha, Neb.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Fighting Drug Resistant Infections
(Defense)
Amount $2,000,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description FPMS: Papillion Creek Watershed, Flood Plain Mapping
(Energy and Water)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients
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 2008 Description Girls and Boys Town USA, for Treatment centers for at risk kids that provides mentoring and education
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $0 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI)
Former Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)
...more
Locations Nebraska Recipients Boys Town USA
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Global Awareness Presentation Services (GAPS)
(Defense)
Amount $2,400,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Great Plain Riparian Initiative, National Wild Turkey Federation, NE
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Edgefield, South Carolina Recipients National Wild Turkey Federation

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