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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 Regional Climate Centers Funding for climate research at nationwide sites
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $3,000,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Tim Johnson (R-IL)
Former Sen. John Ensign (R-NV)
Former Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV)
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Locations Chapel Hill, Louisiana; Baton Rouge, North Carolina; Ithaca, Nebraska; Champaign, Nevada; Lincoln, New York Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Nebraska Kearney, Kearney, NE, to develop early childhood education programs and expand online educational access to the underserved
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $95,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Kearney, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska at Kearney
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Nebraska, Kearney for the Central Nebraska World Trade Center
(Financial Services)
Amount $100,000 Sponsors Rep. Adrian Smith (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Kearney, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska at Kearney
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Nebraska-Medical Center, Omaha, NE to establish an environmental health informatics database
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $238,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Rep. Lee Terry (R-NE)
Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Medical Center
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE, to develop and implement a training program centered on civic leadership
(Labor-HHS-Education)
Amount $476,000 Sponsors No additional sponsors indicated Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Omaha
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description University of Nebraska at Omaha to implement a project to improve Nebraska's community corrections and methamphetamine abuse treatment services
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $600,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska Omaha
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Visiting Nurse Association of Omaha for a comprehensive crime intervention program for vulnerable women, infants, children, and teens
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $300,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Visiting Nurse Association
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Zero to Three to educate juvenile and family court judges in early childhood development in order to improve the child welfare system for maltreated infants and toddlers
(Commerce, Justice and Science)
Amount $150,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Omaha, Nebraska Recipients Zero to Three
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Advanced Magnetic Nanosensors for Defense Applications
(Defense)
Amount $4,800,000 Sponsors Former Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE)
Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Locations Lincoln, Nebraska Recipients
Earmark details View earmark details Year 2009 Description Alliance for Food Protection
(Agriculture, Rural Development and FDA)
Amount $122,000 Sponsors Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) Locations Nebraska Recipients University of Nebraska - Lincoln

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