Richest People In Congress

If you've ever wondered why the rich just keep getting richer and the rest of America can't seem to catch a break, this might help to answer that question. The good folks at Roll Call have listed the 50 richest people in Congress for us. And remember, these are very conservative figures. If an asset could have a range of values, they have used the lowest value -- which means these people are probably even richer than shown. And these fifty aren't the only rich members of Congress. Most other members are also millionaires. Here are the top fifty, listed by party:

REPUBLICANS
Rep. Michael McCaul (Texas)..........$294.21 million
Rep. Darrell Issa (California)..........$220.40 million
Rep. Vern Buchanan (Florida)..........$44.21 million
Rep. Jim Renacci (Ohio)..........$35.87 million
Rep. Rick Berg (North Dakota)..........$21.60 million
Sen. Bob Corker (Tennessee)..........$21.18 million
Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (New Jersey)..........$20.35
Sen. James Risch (Idaho)..........$19.78 million
Rep. Gary Miller (California)..........$17.45 million
Rep. Kenny Marchant (Texas)..........$16.45 million
Rep. Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania)..........$11.90 million
Rep. Trent Franks (Arizona)..........$11.60 million
Rep. Richard Hanna (New York)..........$10.89 million
Rep. Scott Rigell (Virginia)..........$10.69 million
Rep. Diane Black (Tennessee)..........$10.63 million
Rep. Tom Petri (Wisconsin)..........$10.60 million
Sen. Lamar Alexander (Tennessee)..........$10.38 million
Sen. John McCain (Arizona)..........$10.35 million
Sen. Olympia Snowe (Maine)..........$9.88 million
Sen. Mitch McConnell (Kentucky)..........$9.84 million
Rep. Tom Price (Georgia)..........$9.43 million
Rep. Nan Hayworth (New York)..........$9.35 million
Rep. Blake Farenthold (Texas)..........$8.51 million
Rep. John Campbell (California)..........$8.44 million
Sen. Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)..........$8.18 million
Rep. Steve Pearce (New Mexico)..........$8.03 million
Sen. John Hoeven (North Dakota)..........$7.94 million
Rep. Fred Upton (Michigan)..........$7.93 million
Rep. Bill Flores (Texas)..........$7.71 million
Sen. Johnny Isakson (Georgia)..........$6.47 million
Rep. Randy Neugebauer (Texas)..........$6.21 million

DEMOCRATS
Sen. John Kerry (Massachusetts)..........$193.07 million
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (West Virginia)..........$81.63 million
Sen. Mark Warner (Virginia)..........$76.30 million
Rep. Jared Polis (Colorado)..........$65.91 million
Sen. Frank Lautenberg (New Jersey)..........$55.07 million
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut)..........$52.93 million
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (California)..........$45.39 million
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (California)..........$35.20 million
Sen. Claire McCaskill (Missouri)..........$17.00 million
Rep. Nita Lowey (New York)..........$15.46 million
Sen. Tom Harkin (Iowa)..........$10.28 million
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (New York)..........$10.14 million
Rep. Shelley Berkley (Nevada)..........$9.29 million
Sen. Herb Kohl (Wisconsin)..........$9.23 million
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (Texas)..........$8.53 million
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (New Mexico)..........$7.41 million
Sen. Kay Hagan (North Carolina)..........$7.06 million
Sen. Ben Nelson (Nebraska)..........$6.56 million
Rep. Rosa DeLauro (Connecticut)..........$6.00 million