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Net Worth, 2005 -- The wealthiest politicians in DC
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Posted on 10/14/2006 1:32:09 PM PDT by dennisw

Rank Name Minimum Net Worth Maximum Net Worth

1 Herb Kohl (D-Wis) $269,098,030 $284,549,005

2 Henry M. Paulson $190,727,085 $392,934,024

3 Jane Harman (D-Calif) $168,651,649 $289,045,000

4 John Kerry (D-Mass) $164,741,510 $234,262,099

5 Darrell Issa (R-Calif) $135,862,098 $677,230,000

6 Robin Hayes (R-NC) $92,832,334 $181,295,169

7 Jay Rockefeller (D-WVa) $78,150,023 $101,579,003

8 Samuel W. Bodman III $66,698,060 $117,179,012

9 Donald H. Rumsfeld $62,090,106 $199,687,011

10 Charles H. Taylor (R-NC) $56,056,017 $77,341,000

11 William H. Donaldson $46,306,152 $191,419,025

12 Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif) $43,343,464 $98,660,021

13 Lincoln D. Chafee (R-RI) $41,153,105 $64,096,019

14 Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) $38,198,170 $90,733,019

15 John McCain (R-Ariz) $25,071,142 $38,043,014

16 Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) $19,978,175 $67,170,000

17 Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass) $19,189,049 $93,043,004

18 Dick Cheney $17,120,041 $79,588,010

19 John Campbell (R-Calif) $17,004,087 $77,512,000

20 Kenny Ewell Marchant (R-Texas) $15,774,147 $55,312,000

21 Nita M. Lowey (D-NY) $15,087,070 $61,131,000

22 Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif) $14,746,108 $55,085,000

23 Jim Cooper (D-Tenn) $14,116,811 $30,725,757

24 Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) $13,508,152 $49,829,007

25 Michael McCaul (R-Texas) $13,267,113 $58,330,000


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To: mike70

"Actually, it's his wife's late husband."

Yep...her late REPUBLICAN husband!


21 posted on 10/14/2006 2:12:21 PM PDT by penelopesire
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To: dennisw
"Congress members and top officials in the executive branch must file forms covering the preceding calendar year that list their assets and liabilities, their income (excluding their government salaries, oddly), asset transactions, gifts they received and more. They need not list property unless it produces income (so their primary residence is generally not listed), but they must include the source of their spouse's income."

which means the numbers by Kerry's name probably don't REALLY belong to him ?
22 posted on 10/14/2006 2:13:10 PM PDT by stylin19a ("Klaatu Barada Nikto")
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To: penelopesire

Kerry is rich until she dumps him!

That's what the last wife did and he lived in an apartment and drove a used car.


23 posted on 10/14/2006 2:13:54 PM PDT by ConservativeGreek
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To: dennisw
17 Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass) $19,189,049 $93,043,004

Think that INCLUDES his "offshore" stuff, and 'trusts'?

24 posted on 10/14/2006 2:14:45 PM PDT by litehaus (A memory tooooo long)
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To: dennisw
John McCain (R-Ariz) $25,071,142 $38,043,014

How did McCain get so rich?

25 posted on 10/14/2006 2:16:04 PM PDT by Tribune7
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To: P-40
Actually, it is not worth now how much cash they have in the bank.


I wonder how McCain made all that money?
26 posted on 10/14/2006 2:18:04 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: trumandogz; dennisw

He married very well.

Just like his good friend John Kerry.


27 posted on 10/14/2006 2:21:04 PM PDT by Prost1 (Fair and Unbiased as always!)
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To: Strategerist

While Kohl's family started the business, they sold out long before the company became the operation it is today. Most of his money came from real estate.

If anything, these numbers understate net worth. The numbers for Herb Kohl have to be off by a factor of two. He has $200 million in equity in the Milwaukee Bucks, which he purchased for under $20 million. That doesn't count his real investments.


28 posted on 10/14/2006 2:24:35 PM PDT by MediaMole (9/11 - We have already forgotten.)
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To: litehaus
Think that INCLUDES his "offshore" stuff, and 'trusts'?

I kind of doubt it. This probably just includes monies that are in his name. The Kennedy Trust must be quite loaded unless Teddy drank it all up.
29 posted on 10/14/2006 2:24:43 PM PDT by P-40 (Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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To: ConservativeGreek

I remember (wink). I was on Hannity's board alot during the 2004 election and was one of the biggest Kerry detractors and 'opposition diggers' on there...LOL

Kerry actually made me more sick than Bill Clinton (if that is possible)!!


30 posted on 10/14/2006 2:24:51 PM PDT by penelopesire
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To: Prost1
Damn, i need to get in that line of work.

And Hard Work it must be.

31 posted on 10/14/2006 2:26:05 PM PDT by trumandogz
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To: dennisw
It's a sad day when a Rockefeller can finish no better than seventh on a list of richest people.
32 posted on 10/14/2006 2:42:19 PM PDT by BW2221
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To: penelopesire

Kerry actually made me more sick than Bill

Me too!
Being in NH we have watched this gigilo for years.


33 posted on 10/14/2006 2:57:51 PM PDT by ConservativeGreek
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To: fnord

Just how many millions do the Clintons have, and how did they get it??????


34 posted on 10/14/2006 3:11:45 PM PDT by munin (The war on muslim terror=world war 3 time to let's roll)
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To: dennisw

Kohl, Rumsfeld, and Cheney: I don't mind them because I know that they earned their own money before they came to DC. The others either got rich off of insider deals in DC, or they got money from their spouses or parents. Either way they didn't earn it themselves, so they don't know what it means to work for a living.


35 posted on 10/14/2006 3:13:05 PM PDT by DeweyCA
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To: fnord

they include Rumsfeld as a "politician", but leave off Clinton who shares a net worth with her hubby of several hundred millions
Just asking, how did the Clintons get all the money, and how much do they have


36 posted on 10/14/2006 3:15:08 PM PDT by munin (The war on muslim terror=world war 3 time to let's roll)
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To: munin

corruption, kickbacks, etc, of course

latest estimates as a couple are about 400+ million. I think her "admission" for Senate rules is about 100 million.


37 posted on 10/14/2006 3:45:03 PM PDT by fnord (dachshunds with erections can't climb stairs)
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To: Tribune7
How did McCain get so rich?

His second and current wife, Cindy, IIRC is an heir to a beer distributing fortune.

Also, does anybody know where Lincoln Chaffee got his money? I'm surmising it's inherited.

38 posted on 10/14/2006 3:48:44 PM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: nativist

LOL! Dan Akyroyd did do a good Bob Dole impression.


39 posted on 10/14/2006 3:53:46 PM PDT by Dane ("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
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To: Dane
Also, does anybody know where Lincoln Chaffee got his money? I'm surmising it's inherited.

Chafee = idle rich old money.

40 posted on 10/14/2006 3:55:07 PM PDT by NeoCaveman (living in interesting times)
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