US Congress aka the millionaires' club

Political Capitol: a new report has found that almost half of congressional members are millionaires

No wonder the DC political class has a bad name – it's filthy rich. Here's a revolutionary idea: why not elect some poor people?

It is one of the great moans of vast numbers of American voters: Washington politicians are just not like them. They are different. They are a breed apart, unable to understand what real life is like for tens of millions of ordinary folks.

Well, now an excellent report has emerged to point out one important way America's nationally elected politicians are, indeed, very different from the recession-plagued and foreclosure-fearing masses. Most of them are rich. Often, very, very rich.

According to the survey, by the Centre for Responsive Politics, almost half of America's senators and members of the House of Representatives are millionaires. A full 261 one of them, in fact. Meanwhile, a mere 1% of the rest of Americans can claim such exalted status.

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