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Furthermore, several members of Congress do not use a standardized electronic format, instead filing reports that range from vague to indecipherable. [3] As of 2020, over half of the members of Congress were millionaires and the median net worth of members was approximately $1 million. [4]
The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5) [1] gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote. Expulsion of a Representative is rare: only six members of the House have been expelled in its history. Three of those six were expelled in 1861 for joining the Confederate States of America. [2]
Despite earning approximately $174,000 in pre-tax income per year as a member of Congress, Ocasio-Cortez’s wealth has not grown substantially during her five-and-a-half years in office.
Member of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board (1981–85) Member of the Select Committee on Public Education (1983) Candidate for U.S. President (1992, 1996) $4.1 billion [8] Founded Electronic Data Systems and Perot Systems: Tom Steyer: Democratic: Candidate for U.S. President (2020) $1.6 billion [9] Founder of Farallon Capital: Henry Ford
Ocasio-Cortez found a seat at the congressional table despite the fact that the median net worth of U.S. Congress members is over $1.1 million as of 2015, with a cumulative wealth of at least $2. ...
Politics is no way to get rich. At least, not if you're doing it right. However, being rich ?
Ocasio-Cortez is a member of an informal group of progressive members of Congress called "the Squad", initially including Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib. [186] On July 14, 2019, Trump attacked the Squad (which had only four members at the time) in a tweet, saying that they should "go back and help fix" the countries they came ...
We're in the home stretch of the 2022 election season, with the midterm elections set for Nov. 8. The balance of power in Congress is at stake, with Republicans hoping to recapture control of both ...