The 19 Richest People in Congress - 2012

The 19 Richest People in Congress - 2012

Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Tex.) $49.3 million

Marchant nearly doubled his money from 2004 to 2010 — from $26.8 million to $49.3 million. He worked closely with Bush when he was governor of Texas, and bills himself as a staunch conservative. However, he has occasionally broken ranks with the GOP, as he did to increase the minimum wage. He has said that his top priority on Capitol Hill will be cutting the federal deficit with fiscal conservative policies. The Sunlight Foundation pointed out that among the 435 members of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008, Marchant has the fifth-highest amount of investment in oil stocks. - Wikipedia

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