Serving Up the Pork
The Seattle Times has published an excellent series and data set called Favor Factory 2008, which describes several interesting details about Congressmembers, the pork they dish out, and the recipients who give back. In Nebraska, our Senators are the big porkmasters, both responsible for at least $32 million worth of earmarks. Representative Lee Terry, on the other hand, comes in $0.
- Senator Chuck Hagel
- Earmarks: $32,500,000
- Contributions from earmark recipients (2003-2008): $12,250
- Senator Ben Nelson
- Earmarks: $32,900,000
- Contributions from earmark recipients (2003-2008): $198,025
- Representative Jeff Fortenberry
- Earmarks: $10,600,000
- Contributions from earmark recipients (2003-2008): $12,200
- Representative Lee Terry
- Earmarks: $0
- Contributions from earmark recipients (2003-2008): $73,800
- Representative Adrian Smith
- Earmarks: $2,000,000
- Contributions from earmark recipients (2003-2008): $16,151
The Comments
Gene says A lot of that money November 18, 2008 at 11:05am
A lot of that money looks like funding for research which is just fine IMHO.