Full List of 50 Richest Lawmakers in Washington, D.C.

Meet 50 Richest People in Congress (2012 Edition)

Below you'll find the full list of the top 50 wealthiest lawmakers on Capitol Hill, as compiled by The Hill.

As you'd expect, Republicans outnumber Democrats 51-19, though #2 on the list is a Democrat. #1 on the list leads by a phenomenal amount, however.

In compiling the list, The Hill took into account disclosed assets, liabilities, and mortgages.

One point of inaccuracy: lawmakers can give an asset range rather than an exact number, and The Hill went with the low end of the range. Chances are that the real asset amount is above that minimum, right?

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Here are the 50 richest lawmakers on Capitol Hill:

1. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) $290.5 million [Family trusts: his dad founded Clear Channel]
   
2. Sen. Jon Kerry (D-Massachusetts) $198.8 million [his wife is heir to the Heinz fortune]
   
3. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California) $140.6 million [down from #2 on last year's list]
4. Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colorado) $91.1 million
5. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia) $85.9 million
6. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-West Virginia) $85.1 million [the Rockefeller family fortune]
   
7. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) $80.1 million
8. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-New Jersey) $56.9 million
9. Sen. Diane Feinstein (D-California) $47.2 million
10. Rep. Jim Renacci (R-Ohio) $36.7 million
11. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Florida) $36.5 million
12. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) $31.8 million [most of these assets belong to her new husband, who's apparently a billionaire]
    
13. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) $26.4 million
14. Rep. Diane Black (R-Tennessee) $24.8 million
15. Rep. Rick Perg (R-North Dakota) $23.8 million
16. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-New Jersey) $21.7 million
17. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) $19.6 million
18. Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) $19.1 million
19. Rep. Gary Miller (R-California) $17.4 million
20. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pennsylvania) $14.9 million
21. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) $14.6 million
22. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) $14.5 million [his wife runs the famous Strand Books in NYC]
    
23. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-New York) $14.3 million
24. Rep. Richard Hanna (R-New York) $13.7 million
25. Rep. Nan Hayworth (R-New York) $12.3 million
26. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) $12 million
27. Rep. Trent Franks (R-Arizona) $11.6 million
28. Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Virginia) $10.8 million
29. Rep. Kenny Marchant (R-Texas) $10.4 million
30. Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin) $10.2 million
31. Rep. Carlyn Maloney (D-new York) $10.1 million
32. Rep. Herb Kohl (D-Wisconsin) $10.1 million [He owns the least-valuable NBA team: the Milwaukee Bucks]
33. Sen. Tom harkin (D-Iowa) $10 million
34. Rep. Tom Petri (R-Wisconsin) $9.5 million
    
35. Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nevada) $9.2 million
36. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) $9 million
37. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) $8.9 million
38. Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) $8.9 million
39. Rep. John Campbell (R-California) $8.9 million
40. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia) $8.7 million
41. Sen. John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) $8.4 million
42. Rep. Tom Price (R-Georgia) $8.1 million
43. Rep. Fred Upton (R-Michigan) $7.7 million
44. Rep. Steve Pearce (R-New Mexico) $7.5 million
45. Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) $7.1 million
46. Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas) $7.1 million
47. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) $6.7 million
48. Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Kentucky) $6.5 million
    
49. Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) $6.1 million
50. Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyoming) $5.9 million

The Hill remarks on how many of the top 50 lost money in recent years, but it's hard to gin up much sympathy for someone who still has more money than you'll see in a lifetime. Those savings could come in handy, though, as Congress' approval rating is at 12%: matching an all-time low.

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