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No matter how you look at it, though, members of Congress as a whole are a wealthy bunch — typically several times wealthier than most of their constituents. The median net worth for a current member of the U.S. House of Representatives was $725,000 in 2009, according to the Center’s research, and the media net worth of a U.S. Senator was $2.4 million.Congressional Millionaires | OpenSecrets
