FYI: Richest Republicans in Congress

[confludemocrat]

Look at this list. We are talking sunbelt or the two coasts--and then there's Rehberg, man of the people. Odd.

1. Amo Houghton (R-NY):$475,000,000
3. Darrell Issa (R-CA):$100,000,000
4. Doug Ose (R-CA):$53,300,000
5. Robin Hayes (R-NC):$50,000,000
6. Charles Taylor (R-NC):$35,000,000
8. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ):$18,000,000
9. Porter Goss (R-FL):$14,000,000
10. Chris Chocola (R-IN):$12,600,000
12. Katherine Harris (R-FL):$11,600,000
13. Dennis Rehberg (R-MT):$11,200,000
14. Gary Miller (R-CA):$9,900,000

[Firenze777]

1. Source of Katherine Harris' fortune?

did her net worth increase after Nov. 2000?

[tanyev]

2. Good question.

Unless the state of Florida pays its employees very, very well.

[confludemocrat]

3. Very good question

from a Guardian article in 2000:

The secretary of state is a member of one of Florida's grandest political families and is the richest member of the cabinet, her personal wealth put at $6.6m, unremarkable, however, in a system that makes one in every four members of the Florida senate and house of representatives a millionaire. The average household income in the state is below $30,000.

Her grandfather, a fruit-growing magnate, served in the state legislature and her father was active in Democratic politics. "Everyone I knew growing up was a Democrat,"

So, her pre 2000 income was 6.6 and you see the listing of her income as of last August.

Rehberg's net worth was 7.1 mil in 2002. What happened?

[B0S0X87]

4. old-money, then?

There's some trickle-down economics for ya.