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.
You bring up good questions, and no one but the editor and writer will ever know.
For comparison, look at another AP piece published on the same day Bill, Hillary disclose debt, earnings which includes the following paragraph--almost at the end of the article:
"The Clintons have asked for taxpayer reimbursement of their legal bills stemming from the independent counsel investigation into the failed land deal known as Whitewater."
However, in a lame attempt at fairness, the article ends with the apologetic statement about Bill Clinton:
"His spokesman Jim Kennedy said the former president also gave more than 70 speeches in 2002 without compensation."
AP is trying to divert attention away from the Clintons' and other Democrats' finances, that's all.