Image source: William Domhoff, Sociology Department, UC-Santa Cruz)

According to a Roll Call analysis of Congress members’ financial disclosure forms, the collective net worth of American lawmakers jumped 25 percent to over $2 billion in just the last two years — with 50 of the richest Congressmen and women accounting for 90 percent of the increase.

Roll Call notes that the real net worth of individual members is likely higher, since their estimates do not take into account non-income-generating properties such as private homes. http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/11/chart-of-the-day-1.html