How Much is Your Congressman Worth?
Posted by Valerie on May 13, 2008
Today the Sunlight Foundation launched Fortune535 - a way to track the net worth of your Members of Congress (as taken from their financial disclosure statements). As the site says, “So take what follows with a boulder-sized grain of salt: It’s all based on information from the seriously flawed disclosure system used by members of Congress.”
However, it’s still fun to play with - the Alabama lawmakers are listed in order of their 2006 net worth (from highest, Sen. Richard Shelby, to lowest, Rep. Artur Davis.) Their 2006 net worth is compared with their 1995 net worth (if available) - and if their first disclosure form was filed before 1995 and after 1978, that information is available as a PDF. (Note: they weren’t required to type the forms, so some of the handwriting can take a bit of time to interpret!)
