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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 2010 Description Material Science Smart Coatings (NE)
(Energy and Water)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description International Trade Scholars Program
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Rainwater Basin Wetlands Management District
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Nebraska Recipients
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 2010 Description The City of Omaha for CSO controls
(Interior)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients City of Omaha, Neb.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Switchgrass Biofuel Research: Carbon Sequestration and Life Cycle Analysis
(Energy and Water)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2010 Description Methamphetamine and Drug Treatment Program for Women
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $500,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Heartland Family Service
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 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.
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Ruminant Nutrition Consortium, MT, ND, SD, WY
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $563,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D-SD)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Sen. John Thune (R-SD)
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Locations North Dakota; South Dakota; Wyoming Recipients

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