66 Senators and 183 Representatives Have a Net Worth of Over $1,000,000

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By Tom Shine
Nov 16, 2011 8:45am

It’s no secret that many members of the U.S. House and Senate are millionaires — 47 percent of them — their salaries paid in part by the American taxpayers.

The Center for Responsive Politics has crunched the numbers and released the results on its Open Secrets blog:

“About 47% of Congress, or 249 current members are millionaires. … In 2010, the estimated median net worth of a current U.S. senator stood at an average of $2.56 million,” according to the Center’s research.

“Despite the global economic meltdown in 2008 and the sluggish recovery that followed, that’s up about 7.6% from an estimated median net worth of $2.38 million in 2009 … and up 13% from a median net worth of $2.27 million in 2008. … Fully 36 Senate Democrats, and 30 Senate Republicans reported an average net worth in excess of $1 million in 2010. The same was true for 110 House Republicans and 73 House Democrats.”

“The vast majority of members of Congress are quite comfortable, financially, while many of their own constituents suffer from economic hardships,” said Sheila Krumholz at the Center For Responsive Politics. “Few Americans enjoy the same financial cushions maintained by most members of Congress — or the same access to market-altering information that could yield personal financial gains.”

Net Worth of Congress -  Open Secrets

1. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) $294.21 Million
2. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) $220.40 Million
3. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) $193.07 Million
4. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) $81.63 Million
5. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) $76.30 Million
6. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) $65.91 Million
7. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) $55.07 Million
8. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) $52.93* Million
9. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) $45.39 Million
10. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) $44.21 Million Rep.
11. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) $35.87* Million
12. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) $35.20 Million
13. Rep. Rick Berg (R-N.D.) $21.60* Million
14. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) $21.18 Million
15. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.) $20.35 Million
16. Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho) $19.78 Million
17. Rep. Gary Miller (R-Calif.) $17.45 Million
18. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) $17.00 Million
19. Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas) $16.45 Million
20. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.) $15.46 Million
21. Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) $13.73** Million
22. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.) $11.90* Million
23. Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) $11.60 Million
24. Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) $10.69* Million
25. Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.) $10.63* Million
26. Rep. Tom Petri (R-Wis.) $10.60 Million
27. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) $10.38 Million
28. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) $10.35 Million
29. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) $10.28 Million
30. Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) $10.14 Million
31. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) $10.14***Million
32. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) $9.88 Million
33. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) $9.84 Million
34. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) $9.43 Million
35. Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-N.Y.) $9.35* Million
36. Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) $9.29 Million
37. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) $9.23 Million
38. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) $8.53 Million
39. Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) $8.51* Million
40. Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.) $8.44 Million
41. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) $8.18* Million
42. Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) $8.03* Million
43. Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) $7.94* Million
44. Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) $7.93 Million
45. Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) $7.71* Million
46. Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) $7.41 Million
47. Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) $7.06 Million
48. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) $6.56 Million
49. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) $6.47 Million
50. Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) $6.21 Million

* Indicates a freshman Member of Congress. Roll Call did not calculate percent change from

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You cannot tell me these Crony Congress people are not Insider trading their own legislation that is Lobbied for by the Crony Lobbyists that in turn lobby for the kind of tax system we have today !!!!!!

 I mean these Cronies even reversed the Legislation they passed to keep them from Insider trading for Crying Out Loud !!!!!!!!!!

50 Richest Members of Congress

http://media.cq.com/50richest/

The Only way to stop this Madness is with Economic Individual Freedom , and with this election year coming on fast we the people need to Insist that whoever is running needs to BE FOR A FLAT TAX SYSTEM , then we the people can regain our FREEDOM from this Tyranny !!!!!!

 Get this going NOW and watch these CRONY Politicians SQUIRM !!!!!