A Racket

[Congressional] Democrats – the party more closely associated with working on issues like poverty at the moment – are a shade wealthier than Republicans, with a median net worth of $1.04 million, up from $990,000 last year. That figure is almost exactly $1 million for Republicans, up from $907,000 last year.

Senators are wealthier than their colleagues in the House, with their net worth increasing from $2.5 million to $2.7 million. But unlike in the House,Republicans in the Senate -- with a median net worth of $2.9 million -- are wealthier than Democrats. Senate Democrats were the only group to report a slight decrease in median net worth, down from $2.4 million to $1.7 million. That’s because they’ve lost two wealthy members previously included in the disclosures, Secretary of State John Kerry (net worth: $248 million) and Sen. Frank Lautenberg, ($87.5 million), who died last year.

  CBS

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...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.