[LurkedLongEnough]

The details are so pitifully irrelevant, it is clear that it is a "incite-jealousy" piece for young or unresourceful voters. Yes, boys and girls, stocks and other investments can grow and make you wealthy. Isn't that the point?

[Cicero]

It would be interesting to analyze this fatuous article looking for the principles behind its organization. What determines the order in which these people are listed? What determines how much space each of them gets?

Are they listed alphabetically or in order of seniority? No. Are they listed by order of wealth, from the top down or the bottom up? No.

While there is a pretence of balance, obviously the determining principle is that Republicans need to take it on the chin, and Democrats need to be glossed over. Therefore some of the wealthiest senators such as Rockefeller and Kennedy are buried well down in the list, while Bill Frist comes first by virtue of his important post in the Republican leadership, and we get told the most about how he got his money. (Nothing there about how Teddy Kennedy got HIS money, from his liquor smuggling dad.)

Oh, no, AP isn't biased.

[jackbill]

Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., more modest holdings include a bank account worth from $100,001 to $250,000. His wife, Linda, a former top Federal Aviation Administration, is a lobbyist who has represented airlines and aerospace companies.

This is horse-hockey. Why didn't the author mention Ms. Daschle's income? Not reported? Hillary reported Willie's.

By the way, these reports do not include owned homes and some other assets.

[jagrmeister]

i want poor lawmakers. yes, i think it would be a good idea to have people who have failed in the real world be our leaders. that would make perfect sense.

[tdadams]

Man, this just gives you a disturbing glance at how completely inept some members of Congress are (Leahy, Biden) at managing money. It makes you want to throw them out of office and be permanently barred from any fiscal policy discussions ever again.

And Bill Frist, as wealthy as he is, looks like a total slacker compared to his brother, whose net worth is around $1.3 billion at last count.

[JesseHousman]

...Tom Daschle, D-S.D., more modest holdings include a bank account worth from $100,001 to $250,000.

Where did the money come from for the purchase of his new DC area home worth $1.9 million?