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• There are many elected officials with large fortunes independent of the salaries they earn while serving in Congress.
• Members of Congress earn a salary of $174,000.
• Here are the richest members currently serving in the House and Senate, based on their reported net worth. 

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Members of Congress earn a salary of $174,000, which is well over twice the national average household income. But many representatives and senators are independently wealthy from previous careers or significant gains they have made outside of their legislative work.

Here are the 15 richest members currently serving in the House and Senate and where the wealth comes from, according to a 2018 analysis by Roll Call.

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