The Get-Rich Congress
Every member of the House and Senate can trade stocks and make land deals while considering major bills. Our guide to eight who mixed business with governing.
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When Hastert was Speaker of the House, he inserted a $207 million earmark into a federal highway bill for a parkway near land he owned in rural Illinois. When he first went to Congress in 1986, Hastert's net worth was less than $300,000. When he retired in 2007, it was close to $11 million.
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