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50 Richest Members of Congress: How We Did It

By JM Rieger
Posted June 30, 2015 at 12:30pm

By JM Rieger and Meredith Dake and Christina Bellantoni

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CQ Roll Call’s Jay Hunter describes the methodology for the 50 Richest Members of Congress list. Since 1990, Roll Call has calculated the net worth of every delegate, representative and senator to rank lawmakers by their net worth. Visit Roll Call’s 50 Richest Interactive for more.

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