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A Guide to Roll Call’s Wealth of Congress
By David Hawkings and Thomas McKinless [jwp-video n=”1″] Roll Call has completed its analysis of Congress’ wealth, and the results are clear: Congress is getting richer.
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Wealth of Congress: How the Rich Got Richer (Video)
If Congress ever raises taxes on the 1 percent, nearly 10 percent of members will face the hike.
Wealth of Congress Jumps $150 Million
The minimum net worth of the Senate is nearly $570 million, with 50 senators topping $1 million.
West Virginia’s Members of Congress Wealthiest, Arkansas Lawmakers are Poorest
Shelley Moore Capito, is worth less than $1 million. (There are at least 188 millionaires serving in Congress.)
House Members Dominate 50 Richest List
Members of the House outnumbered their Senate counterparts on Roll Call’s 50 Richest Members of Congress list by a margin of more than 2-to-1.
15 Senators Among 50 Richest Members of Congress
Although House members outnumbered senators by a 2-to-1 margin, the 15 senators who made the list have considerable wealth.
Roll Call’s 50 Richest Members of Congress for 2014
Darrell Issa, the wealthiest lawmaker, whose car-alarm fortune and high-yield bonds drove his net worth to more than $357 million and earned him the No. 1 spot for the second year in a row.
The 10 ‘Poorest’ Members of Congress for 2014 (Video)
His interest in a dairy farm is listed in two assets — one worth $1 million to $5 million (counted as $1,000,001 under our methodology), and another worth $500,001 to $1 million, which we count as $500,001