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Scientific article published in August 1996
Available reporting and trackers show that the wealthiest members of Congress in 2025 include Senator Rick Scott (estimated roughly $548–550 million) and several other multihundred-thousand- to multim...
sitting member of is a confirmed billionaire in 2025 based on the reporting and public net‑worth trackers reviewed; a few figures have been labeled billionaires in past lists but later reporting and d...
The largest documented net‑worth increases among members of Congress since around 2010 have been driven by a handful of high‑profile figures whose wealth rose from investment gains, corporate exits an...
Rick Scott was chief executive of Columbia/HCA during the period when the company engaged in widespread unlawful billing practices that produced what the U.S. Department of Justice called the “largest...
Bernie Sanders is modestly wealthy by U.S. Senate standards, with most reporting putting his net worth around $2–$5 million in the mid-2020s, which is a small fraction of both Mark Warner’s and Rick S...