Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Rule By The Rich: Do They Really Need Their Salaries of $3.83 Million?

2009's top congressional millionaires consist of ten senators and twelve representatives, in order from top to bottom as follows:

1. Sen. John Kerry, D-MA, $188.6 million
2. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-CA, $160.1 million
3. Rep. Jane Harman, D-CA, $152.3 million
4. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-WV, $83.7 million
5. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-TX, $73.8 million
6. Sen. Mark Warner, D-VA, $70.2 million
7. Rep. Jared Polis, D-CO, $56.5 million
8. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-FL, $53.5 million
9. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ, $49.7 million
10. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-CA, $46.1 million
11. Rep. Alan Grayson, D-FL, $31.1 million
12. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, $21.7 million
13. Sen. Jim Risch, R-ID, $20.1 million
14. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-NJ, $19.9 million
15. Rep. Gary Miller, R-CA, $19.4 million
16. Sen. Bob Corker, R-TN, $18.3 million
17. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-MO, $15.7 million
18. Rep. Kenny Marchant, R-TX, $15.6 million
19. Rep. Nita Lowey, D-NY, $15 million
20. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-NY, $14.1 million
21. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-ME, $12.6 million
22. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-TN, $12.1 million.

Altogether they represent wealth of $1.15 billion. Twelve are Democrats, seven of whom are in the top ten and six of whom are in the senate, worth $744.7 million. Ten are Republicans, worth $405.4 million,  three of whom are in the top ten and four of whom are in the senate.

TheHill.com has the complete story here and here, published annually.