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MILLIONAIRES.
CNN'S TOM FOREMAN IS BREAKING
DOWN THE NUMBERS.
>> AND NO AMERICAN NEED BE LEFT
OUT.
>> AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> DEMOCRATS ARE STANDING FOR
THE MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES.
>> MIDDLE CLASS AMERICANS.
>> Reporter: DESPITE ALL THE
TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC HARD TIMES
FROM LAWMAKERS, THE CENTERS FOR
RESPONSIVE POLITICS HAS FOUND
THE MEDIAN NET WORTH FOR A
CONGRESS MEMBER IS NOW AT
$1,008,767 MEANING FOR THE FIRST
TIME OVER 50% ARE MILLIONAIRES.
THAT'S A LOT BECAUSE WHEN YOU
THINK ABOUT THE REST OF THE
POPULATION ONLY 3% OF US CAN
CALL OURSELVES MILLIONAIRES.
LOOK WHO HAS ALL THE MONEY IN
CONGRESS.
LEADING THE LIST IS DARRELL ISSA
WITH A NET WORST OF $464
MILLION.
YOU CAN GO TO VIRGINIA TO FIND
THE TOP DEMOCRAT, MARK WARNER,
$257 MILLION.
ANOTHER DEMOCRAT, JARED POLLIS
FROM COLORADO, $197 MILLION.
THIS IS BASED UPON THEIR INCOME
FOR 2012 ON THEIR TAX RETURNS.
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS OVERALL
ARE SLIGHTLY RICHER THAN THEIR
REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES AND
SENATORS ARE MUCH RICHER THAN
MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.
DEMOCRAT HARRY REID IS WORTH
OVER $4 MILLION.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN
JOHN BOEHNER HAS ABOUT HALF A
MILLION LESS THAN THAT.
STILL, THEY ALL GET SALARIES A
REGULAR MEMBER OF CONGRESS GETS
$174,000 A YEAR FROM THE
TAXPAYERS OR ABOUT FOUR TIMES AS
MUCH AS AN AVERAGE AMERICAN
EARNS IN THE SAME PERIOD OF
TIME, AND HOW DO THEY INVEST ALL
THEIR WEALTH?
CENTER FOR RESPONSIVE POLITICS
FOUND THAT SOME OF THE TOP STOCK
PICKS INCLUDE GENERAL ELECTRIC,
WELLS FARGO AND MICROSOFT JUST
TO NAME A FEW.
AS A GENERAL PRINCIPLE THEY LIKE
INVESTING IN REAL ESTATE, IN BIG
OIL, IN SECURITIES, IN BIG