Nebraska federal obligations beside FEC candidate receipts

Nebraska’s pair is geography, not a farm-bill contribution trail

NE joins $80,692,936,584 from 344,180 awards to $26.4 million from 300 committees. Agriculture, Strategic Command, and water-project stories may explain traffic to both hubs. They do not create a mapping from Schedule A to an award ID. The match key is the state code. That is the entire relationship.

344,180 is a large action count relative to many smaller states in this slice. A large row count can reflect many modifications, assistance actions, or repeat awards rather than a unique-vendor boom. This packet does not publish a unique-recipient census. Mean dollars per action are about $234,450 if you divide $80,692,936,584 by 344,180.

Nebraska federal spending holds the award extract. Nebraska FEC totals holds the candidate extract. All spending ties keeps NE in a series of geographic joins. None of those pages funds awards with donations.

Reading 344,180 award actions as a row count

344,180 describes how many award records were written, including modifications. $80,692,936,584 describes commitments. They are independent columns. Inferring a typical Nebraska award from those two facts would invent a number this page already flags as an average only. Health, defense, and civilian agencies can all appear without appearing on a campaign report.

Place of performance tagged to Nebraska is not proof that every dollar was disbursed in-state. Outlays can lag or never fully match the obligation if an award is de-obligated. Cite {n['obl']} as obligations. Do not call it cash spent.

Republican-majority receipts plus a sizable other line

Republican committees reported $16.0 million (60.7% of $26.4 million). Democratic committees reported $6.5 million (24.6%). Other filers reported $3.9 million (14.7%). 300 federal candidate committees tagged to Nebraska sit behind those lines. Sort Nebraska FEC totals by receipts if you need to see which committees hold the Republican share.

Party labels travel with candidate committees. USAspending rows here have no party field. Printing a Republican share of $80,692,936,584 would require a column this packet does not contain. State-office campaigns sit outside the FEC total.

Omaha versus Lincoln is not in this extract

Neither $26.4 million nor $80,692,936,584 is split by metro. 300 committees and 344,180 awards are statewide. A metro cut would be a different file. Independent expenditures about Nebraska candidates can be paid from elsewhere and sit in neither total.

Do not add $26.4 million to $80,692,936,584. Do not treat 344,180 ÷ 300 as awards per campaign. Candidate committees are not award recipients in this join. Correlation across states is not evidence that donors funded awards.

Nebraska citation lines

USAspending.gov: $80,692,936,584; 344,180 awards. FEC.gov: $26.4 million; 300 committees; Republican $16.0 million; Democratic $6.5 million; other $3.9 million. Campaign contributions are not federal awards.

300 is a filing count, not a November ballot census. 344,180 is an action count, not unique vendors. State-office campaigns file under Nebraska law and sit outside the FEC extract. Local procurement paid without a federal award sits outside the obligation total. Amended candidate reports move receipts; award restatements move obligations.

A high row count is not a contractor census

344,180 award actions can look like a boom in unique vendors. The packet does not say that. Modifications, assistance actions, and repeat awards all add rows. Keep 344,180 labeled as an action count even when a headline wants a headcount of Nebraska contractors.

Farm-bill folklore is not packet NAICS. Open Nebraska federal spending for agency fields that exist. Keep 60.7% on the FEC sentence only. All spending ties does not assign party to $80,692,936,584. Do not rank Nebraska as more politically connected because a large award-action count sits beside a campaign book. Influence is not a field in this packet. Omaha names belong on Nebraska federal spending if they appear as recipients; they do not belong on the FEC sentence.

Questions

Do Nebraska campaign donations fund federal awards in Nebraska?

No. $26.4 million in FEC receipts and $80,692,936,584 in USAspending obligations are joined only by the NE code. 300 committees and 344,180 awards are different reporting systems. Donations do not become obligations on this page.

Why is Nebraska’s award count so high?

USAspending lists 344,180 award actions coded to Nebraska totaling $80,692,936,584. The figure is a record count, including modifications and repeat actions, not a unique-vendor census. This packet does not explain the row volume beyond that definition.

How Republican is Nebraska’s federal candidate fundraising?

Republican committees reported $16.0 million, or 60.7% of $26.4 million. Democratic committees reported $6.5 million (24.6%). Other filers reported $3.9 million (14.7%). Those shares describe 300 committees, not USAspending recipients. Original filings remain on the source sites.

Where are Nebraska’s two public tables?

Nebraska federal spending on SpendingVault holds USAspending obligations. Nebraska FEC totals on LobbyVault holds candidate receipts. All spending ties lists other state joins. Keep each total on its own source sentence. Original filings remain on the source sites. Original filings remain on the source sites.