There are easier ways to make a living than being in Congress — and to make a much better living. But Kansas’ lawmakers are getting by or better, according to the Sunlight Foundation. Its new study finds Sen. Sam Brownback, with a $13.3 million net worth in 2006, leading his fellow Kansans, followed by Rep. Nancy Boyda ($2.2 million), Sen. Pat Roberts ($1.7 million), Rep. Dennis Moore ($827,000), Rep. Jerry Moran ($510,000) and the 4th District’s own Rep. Todd Tiahrt ($121,000). The average net worth among their fellow Americans in 2006 was $93,000.
Overall, Kansas’ delegation members fell well within the extremes of wealth or lack of it cited by the study — from California Rep. Jane Harmon’s $409 million to Florida Rep. Alcee Hastings’ $4.7 million debt.
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Rep. Todd Tiahrt ($121,000)
Either he’s a colossal failure or start looking for bank accounts in the Caymun Islands.
Tankerless Todd is a paycheck away from bankruptcy?
Sen. Sam Brownback, with a $13.3 million net worth in 2006. This was the same year Sammys farm got over $250.000 in subsidies for the family farm.
Somebody should check terry fox’s pockets to look for toddly’s money.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-05-15-mccainland_N.htm
Whoa Ho! What have we here?
McCain arranged sweet-heart real-estate deals for big donors.
I am shocked SHOCKED!, I tell you.
Not only is this a huge stain on Straight-Talk Express’s record, but it also shows the ridiculousness of equating experience with “vetting.”
The more experience the candidate has, the more likely it is that some huge unethical practice is going to emerge . . .
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain secured millions in federal funds for a land acquisition program that provided a windfall for an Arizona developer whose executives were major campaign donors, public records show.
McCain, who has made fighting special-interest projects a centerpiece of his presidential campaign, inserted $14.3 million in a 2003 defense bill to buy land around Luke Air Force Base in a provision sought by SunCor Development, the largest of about 50 landowners near the base. SunCor representatives, upset with a state law that restricted development around Luke, met with McCain’s staff to lobby for funding, according to John Ogden, SunCor’s president at the time.
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While the idiot CONs continue to complain about “welfare for the poor” so that they can feel smug and self-righteous, they ignore the real money going to the rich.
McCain is a ‘reformer’ that has been vetted by the lobbyist and greedy companies.
“I seen my opportunities, and I took ‘em.” George Washington Plunkett, Tammany Hall politician.
Tiahrt’s income went down ever since he stopped getting those bribes and special favors from Abramoff.
Heheeheh Doug. I was wondering if he invested his money in “sure things” during this republican reign of terror?
Were you part of the “millionaire” folks yesterday?
Can someone tell me where the boyda fortune comes from?
Is Brownback’s net worth just his or does it include his wife’s net worth?
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