See a list below of the nation's richest Senators in 2013
(-from OpenSecrets.org)
Rank | Name | The Richest Senators: Minimum Net Worth |
Average | Maximum Net Worth |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | John Kerry (D-Mass) | $182,755,534 | $238,812,296 | $294,869,059 |
2 | Mark Warner (D-Va) | $65,692,210 | $174,385,102 | $283,077,995 |
3 | Herb Kohl (D-Wis) | $89,358,027 | $160,302,011 | $231,245,995 |
4 | Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa) | $61,446,018 | $98,832,010 | $136,218,002 |
5 | Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) | $46,055,250 | $77,082,134 | $108,109,018 |
6 | Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) | $49,083,204 | $76,886,611 | $104,690,018 |
7 | James E. Risch (R-Idaho) | $19,468,057 | $54,517,026 | $89,565,995 |
8 | Bob Corker (R-Tenn) | $9,778,047 | $50,717,522 | $91,656,998 |
9 | Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine) | $12,556,055 | $28,612,527 | $44,669,000 |
10 | Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn) | $11,342,046 | $28,116,022 | $44,889,998 |
11 | Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) | $15,681,206 | $21,612,106 | $27,543,006 |
12 | Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) | $7,102,036 | $19,929,018 | $32,756,000 |
13 | Kay R. Hagan (D-NC) | $3,549,596 | $18,349,788 | $33,149,981 |
14 | Michael F Bennet (D-Colo) | $6,217,020 | $16,998,510 | $27,780,000 |
15 | Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) | $10,447,125 | $16,764,563 | $23,082,001 |
16 | John McCain (R-Ariz) | $9,769,247 | $15,921,120 | $22,072,994 |
17 | Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) | $6,393,295 | $13,633,647 | $20,874,000 |
18 | Ben Nelson (D-Neb) | $8,010,107 | $12,316,554 | $16,623,001 |
19 | Johnny Isakson (R-Ga) | $6,407,085 | $11,917,542 | $17,427,999 |
20 | Ted Kaufman (D-Del) | $8,330,458 | $8,330,458 | $8,330,458 |
21 | Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) | $3,067,224 | $8,189,111 | $13,310,999 |
22 | Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala) | $4,344,023 | $7,256,012 | $10,168,002 |
23 | Judd Gregg (R-NH) | $3,027,082 | $6,654,541 | $10,282,000 |
24 | James M. Inhofe (R-Okla) | $2,789,052 | $6,325,525 | $9,861,999 |
25 | Ron Wyden (D-Ore) | $5,351,035 | $6,246,019 | $7,141,004 |
Some folks listed above for 2013 are no longer in Congress but the plutocracy continues. See the below 2017 news links:
List of current members of the United States Congress by wealth ...
The 15 Richest Politicians in the United States
Palace, Senate: Multi-millionaires' club of 2017 | ABS-CBN News
Feb 17, 2017 - THEY are all multi-millionaires, two of them evenbillionaires. ... Note: The senators of the 17th Congress were ranked based on the latest ...
Is it any wonder why many IN Congress are preoccupied in 2017 with cutting taxes for 'the rich' and their families - a bipartisan hope for the wealthy we believe - instead of finding ways to enact (still) affordable health care for all? Or even tax cuts for all Americans together with some funding for needed infrastructure improvements nationwide?