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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 Operations Risk Management Visualization and Integration
(Defense)
Amount $800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tim Bishop (D-NY) Locations Unknown Location Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Tabitha, Inc., d.b.a., Tabitha Health Care Services, Lincoln, NE, for equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $761,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Northeast Community College, Norfolk, NE, for improved access to postsecondary educational opportunities, including distance learning and other equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $761,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Norfolk, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Consortium for Plant Biotechnology
(Interior)
Amount $750,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. John Conyers (D-MI)
Former Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
Former Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC)
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Locations Various Locations Recipients Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description University of Nebraska Medical Center, for construction of a cancer floor.
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $694,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Medical Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Boys Town National Research Hospital construction, renovation, and equipment
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $690,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Boys Town National Research Hospital (Omaha, NE)
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Nebraska Innovation Center (Whittier) to renovate and improve the Whittier school for use as the Nebraska innovation center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $656,600 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Whittier, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description Airport Authority of the County of Scottsbluff, Maintenance of Airport runways and taxiways, safety factors
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $656,600 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Scottsbluff, Nebraska Recipients Western Nebraska Regional Airport Authority
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2008 Description City of Kearney, for construction of the Peterson Senior Activity Center
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $656,600 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Kearney, Nebraska Recipients City of Kearney, Neb.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Omaha combined sewer separation project
(Interior)
Amount $650,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients City of Omaha, Neb.

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