Serving Up the Pork

By: Mr. Wilson on November 18, 2008

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

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Gene

November 18, 2008 at 4:05PM

A lot of that money looks like funding for research which is just fine IMHO.

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