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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

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Description (Bill) Amount Additional Sponsors Locations Receiving Organization
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 2009 Description National Police Athletic League Programs
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $400,000 alert Sponsors Former Rep. Bob Brady (D-PA)
Former Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL)
Former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
...more
Locations Jupiter, Florida Recipients National Association of Police Athletic/Activities Leagues Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Heartland Family Service for the Methamphetamine Treatment Program for Omaha
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Heartland Family Service
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Omaha for the expansion of after school educational programming
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients City of Omaha, Neb.
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)
...more
Locations Georgia; Hawaii; Kentucky; Michigan; North Carolina; New York; South Dakota Recipients Consortium for Plant Biotechnology Research Inc.
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 2009 Description Nebraska Meth Project to support a campaign to significantly reduce the prevalence of methamphetamine use in Nebraska
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN) for national anti-sexual assault programs
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT)
Former Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE)
Former Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO)
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Locations Washington, District of Columbia Recipients Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description CEDARS Youth Services, Inc., for construction of the Children's Crisis Center for abused, homeless, and runaway youth in southeast Nebraska
(Transportation-Housing and Urban Development)
Amount $142,500 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients CEDARS Youth Services Inc.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description City of Lincoln wastewater treatment upgrades
(Interior)
Amount $550,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients City of Lincoln, Neb.

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