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「Roll Call」によるアメリカ議員の年間所得「トップ５０」が発表された。
１位：ジョン・ケリー （Sen. John Kerry：D-Mass.) $750 million
２位：ハーブ・コール （Sen. Herb Kohl ：D-Wis.) $243.15 million
３位：ジェイ・ロックフェラー （Sen. Jay Rockefeller ：D-W.Va.) $200 million
４位：ジェーン・ハーマン （Rep. Jane Harman ：D-Calif.) $172 million
５位：ダレル・イッサ （Rep. Darrell Issa ：R-Calif.) $140.86 million
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＊＊ $１ millionが約１億１千万円としても、ものすごい金額である
The 50 Richest Members of Congress(Roll Call)
And the rich just keep getting richer. For the 50 richest Members of Congress, 2005 was great for the bottom line, according to Roll Call's annual survey of lawmakers' personal wealth.
All told, 20 lawmakers who made the Roll Call list in both 2005 and 2006 increased their estimated worth, and even the House Members and Senators at the bottom of this year's list boasted personal fortunes in excess of $4.67 million, according to financial-disclosure reports. That is up nearly 12 percent from the cutoff for the 2005 list of $4.17 million.
Five names are new to this year's rankings, including one freshman House Republican who leaped into the top 20.
Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.) made a splash by coming in at No. 13 with $16.92 million. Campbell took over the seat vacated by Christopher Cox (R), who left in August 2005 to become chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Before coming to Congress, Campbell served as president and CEO of several car dealerships in and around Orange County. The California Republican still owns the property on which the dealerships are located.
So far this cycle, Campbell has loaned his campaign more than $266,000 - just under a quarter of the money his re-election committee has raised this cycle.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) made the most impressive jump in this year's annual Roll Call rankings. Bingaman - who sometimes has made the top 50 in the past - had a net worth of $3.51 million in 2005, which wasn't enough to qualify him for that year's list. Now, he checks in at No. 29.
In addition to reducing his liabilities from $780,000 last year to $520,000 this year, several of Bingaman's investments also increased in value. The largest gain came from his wife's acquisition of a $5 million to $25 million Goldman Sachs portfolio.
The three other newcomers to the 2006 list are No. 47, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa); No. 48, Rep. Wally Herger (R-Calif.); and No. 49, Rep. Randy Neugebauer (R-Texas).
Four lawmakers lost their spots on this year's list, not necessarily because of a decline in their own assets, but because their increases failed to keep up with those of their peers. They include Sen. Mark Dayton (D-Minn.) and Reps. Jim Leach (R-Iowa), Anne Northup (R-Ky.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.).
Another departure from the annual list is now-New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (D), who ranked No. 2 on Capitol Hill in personal wealth last year. If Corzine had stayed in the Senate and reported the same net worth as he did last year - $262 million - he would have ranked No. 3 on this year's list.
Northup, who was No. 41 in last year's rankings, reported personal worth of at least $4.4 million this year, down $2.33 million from 2005. Last year, the Congresswoman reported that one of her husband's stock assets was worth $5 million to $25 million. But his stock in Radio Sound Inc. was downgraded to the $1 million to $5 million range this year as the company's value dropped.
Upton, who came in at No. 34 in 2005, also fell off this year's list, reporting $4.39 million this year. Last year, the Michigan Republican disclosed a net worth of $7.62 million. The drop appears to be the result of a tough year in the stock market. A jointly held trust with his wife was valued in the $5 million to $25 million range last year, but its value fell to the $1 million to $5 million range this year.
Because Roll Call uses the low end of the reported asset range for calculating a lawmaker's worth, this drops the trust's value by $4 million, although the trust's true value may actually fall at the high end of the $1 million to $5 million range.
Dayton, last year's No. 48 wealthiest lawmaker, reported $4.38 million this year, $350,000 less than the previous year. The change in asset value is attributed to stock prices. Dayton, a one-time schoolteacher turned investor, is the son of the former head of the retailer that is now called Target.
Leach lost his No. 49 slot this year when his worth dropped $660,000, to $3.7 million. Leach's descent also is due to falling stock values.
Roll Call's rankings are based on the annual disclosure reports filed by each Member. To determine a lawmaker's estimated worth, Roll Call computes the minimum assets reported by the lawmaker, and then subtracts the minimum liabilities. This approach yields conservative estimates of any individual lawmaker's worth.
Roll Call also consults other media outlets and databases to help supplement the estimates for any particular lawmaker.
1. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
$750 million
Kerry's net worth may not be dropping, but his wife's rank on the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans has.
The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee's wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry, no longer makes the long-running Forbes list. It took a minimum net worth of $900 million to qualify for that honor last year; Kerry was No. 391 on 2004's Forbes list with $750 million.
Roll Call is using the Forbes estimate because it incorporates assets not included on the Senator's disclosure form and more accurately takes into account his wife's vast portfolio.
The Senator's own 2006 disclosure form divulged a minimum net worth of nearly $167 million, a minor increase from earlier reports of $160 million.
Since lawmakers are required to report only a broad range on assets on the annual disclosure forum, this is an extremely vague account of Kerry's fortune. For instance, Kerry marked the "over $1,000,000" box 128 times on his disclosure report and thus avoided declaring an even more impressive bottom line.
In fact, if Roll Call's ranking had been based solely on disclosure forms, Kerry would have been listed as No. 2 behind Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.).
However, Kerry is not required to disclose his wife's income or detail her assets. Her late husband, former Sen. John Heinz (R-Pa.), was an heir to the Heinz ketchup fortune. When Heinz died in a 1991 plane crash, she inherited his assets.
During the past few years, the couple's worth has been estimated at anywhere from $600 million to $3.2 billion.
2. Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)
$243.15 million
As the Milwaukee Bucks basketball franchise continues to increase in value, so does the worth of the team's sole owner, Kohl. The franchise increased in value by 33 percent last year and is now worth at least $231 million, according to Forbes, bumping the Wisconsin Democrat to the No. 2 spot on this year's rankings.
Since the Senator does not list the entire value of the team on his annual disclosure report, Roll Call has added to that figure the rest of his reported assets and deducted his liabilities. Kohl's Congressional report disclosed a net worth of $12.15 million.
Kohl reported income from the Bucks' franchise last year at more than $68.7 million, before expenses. Kohl's liabilities exceed $105 million, which include an "over $50,000,000" personal promissory note from the Bucks, and three promissory notes for the franchise that exceed $55 million.
Last year, Kohl sold six properties through a personal trust that he controls, including residential and undeveloped lots in several states. The total value of the sales range from $382,000 to $880,000.
3. Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)
$200 million
Even though Corzine is no longer included in the annual rankings, Rockefeller - a man whose name is virtually synonymous with wealth - wasn't able to move up from his No. 3 position.
There haven't been any recent public estimates about the wealth of the Rockefeller family, but in 2002, Forbes valued the family's fortune at $8.5 billion. They also reported that the Rockefeller "dynasty" includes more than 200 members.
In his financial disclosure this year, the Senator reported a net worth of $78.15 million; however, Roll Call is using the $200 million estimate from the 2002 Forbes list of America's richest politicians, which incorporates a more accurate estimate of his personal portfolio.
The Senator's uncle, David Rockefeller Sr., is ranked No. 93 on the 2005 Forbes 400 Richest Americans list at $2.5 billion. The Forbes rankings also included the Senator's cousin, former Arkansas Lt. Gov. Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (R), who died in June, at No. 283. With eight children and a widow, it is unlikely that the Senator will be a beneficiary of his cousin's estate, estimated at $1.2 billion by Forbes.
However, with relatives as wealthy as these, it is possible the Senator's wealth is significantly higher than disclosed on his report.
4. Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.)
$172 million
Harman moves up one spot this year from No. 5 on Roll Call's 2005 list. The veteran Democrat, who serves as ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, has continued to see her net worth soar, increasing from $117.1 million in 2003, to $128 million in 2004, to $172 million now, although that dramatic rise also demonstrates the inherent weakness in the disclosure reports filed by lawmakers.
Harman's husband, Sidney Harman, is the founder of Harman International Industries, which has a current market value of $5.4 billion. The company, of which Sidney Harman owns 5.7 percent of stock worth more than $300 million at current market values, is an electronics manufacturer whose brands include AKG Acoustics, dbx, Harman Kardon and Infinity.
5. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)
$140.86 million
With an increase in personal worth of almost $20 million, Issa moves up to No. 5 on the list of wealthiest lawmakers. Issa founded the company that makes the Viper automobile alarm system and other devices.
Issa, maintaining his status as the richest Republican serving in Congress, saw his holding in Greene Properties Inc. yield him an annual income of $1 million to $5 million. Issa's wife, Katherine, receives a salary from the firm.
Issa reported the same income range from his investment in DEI Professional Services LLC, which owns and manages five office and light industrial properties. Issa is a partner in that company.
The couple also holds $10 million to $50 million in both the AIM International Small Company Fund and Lord Abbett Mid Cap Value Fund
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http://blog.kasusa.org/interest/2006/9/11/the-50-richest-members-of-congress-roll-call.html
- Re: これは議員のもつ現有総資産（株や不動産など）のランキング表であって、昨年一年間で得た収入のことではありません。 夢の中でランデブー 2006/10/07 08:02:08
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- 「personal wealth｣と書いていますね。失礼しました(本文なし） Sun Shine 2006/10/07 08:50:20
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- 「personal wealth｣と書いていますね。失礼しました(本文なし） Sun Shine 2006/10/07 08:50:20
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