Two America’s-One Elected-One Not

While the Average Joe the Plumber is feeling the pinch of increased energy cost, increased food cost and a shaky economy, it’s good to know that the members of Congress are going to be OK.

The members of Congress saw their collective wealth grow by 13 percent last year, leaving them in better shape than most Americans.

Two of every three senators are millionaires, and that includes presidential candidates Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill.

 

Here’s a list of the members who had the highest average net worth last year:

Senate

1 John Kerry (D-Mass.)……..$336,224,883

2 Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)……..$241,545,513

3 Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.)……..$103,560,020

4 Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)……..$93,715,011

5 Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)……..$89,509,099

6 Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)……..$84,171,162

7 Gordon Smith (R-Ore.)……..$46,127,014

8 Olympia Snowe (R-Maine)……..$33,308,537

9 Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)……..$32,428,089

10 Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.)……..$31,421,472

House of Representatives

1 Jane Harman (D-Calif.)……..$397,412,077

2 Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)……..$343,457,521

3 Robin Hayes (R-N.C.)……..$173,409,173

4 Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)……..$165,748,714

5 Michael McCaul (R-Texas)……..$64,073,077

6 Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)……..$62,468,047

7 Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.)……..$50,297,547

8 Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-N.J.)……..$47,350,092

9 Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.)……..$43,716,445

10 Gary Miller (R-Calif.)……..$39,978,021