Center For Responsive Politics 2008 Congressional Net Worth Analysis: Are Jews In The 111th Congress Richer Than Other Members Of Congress?

On November 4th, 2009, the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP) published the results of their analysis of the median wealth of members of Congress. They found that, while current congressional members' median wealth (net worth) dropped nearly 5 percent in 2008 when compared to the prior year, there are still 237 millionaires still serving in Congress. This constitutes 44 percent of the members of that body; in contrast, only one percent of all Americans are millionaires.

The complete analysis is accessible HERE. However, it does not provide a list of all members of Congress; instead, it merely provides a list of the top 25 members of Congress in median net worth. The top 25 senators are shown HERE, and the top 25 representatives HERE.

To find any other member of Congress:

-- Download the full list in either CSV, XML, or JSON format.
-- Go to the Database Search Page, and select the member of Congress of interest.

A short explanation of their methodology: It is difficult to gauge what a lawmaker is worth based on what they file because the disclosure forms do not require exact values. Instead, the lawmaker reports the range of value into which an asset, for example, falls. As the values increase, the ranges get broader. To calculate net worth, shown here, CRP added together the lawmaker's range of assets and then subtracted their range of liabilities. CRP then calculated the midpoint of the resulting range and used this figure to rank the filers according to their median net worth.

Consequently, I decided to find out if Jewish members of Congress tended to be richer on the average than other members of Congress. Based on my previous list of Jews in Congress, I present the list below, arranged in rank order of their median net worth. Note that this does not imply that they accumulated their net worth while in Congress; in most cases, they brought it with them.

(1). U.S. Senators

-- Herb Kohl (D-WI): Rank 1st in the Senate, $214,570,011
-- Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ): Rank 5th in the Senate, $74,744,094
-- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA): Rank 6th in the Senate, $72,380,637
-- Al Franken (D-MN): Rank 26th in the Senate, $6,213,028
-- Ron Wyden (D-OR): Rank 29th in Senate, $4,817,513
-- Arlen Specter (D-PA): Rank 38th in Senate, $3,548,005
-- Barbara Boxer (D-CA): Rank 42nd in the Senate, $3,208,504
-- Benjamin L. Cardin (D-MD): Rank 45th in Senate, $2,505,544
-- Joseph Lieberman (I-CT): Rank 49th in the Senate, $2,055,541
-- Carl Levin (D-MI): Rank 50th in the Senate, $2,018,547
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-- Charles Schumer (D-NY): Rank 77th in the Senate, $701,510
-- Bernard Sanders (I-VT): Rank 91st in the Senate, $219,504
-- Russ Feingold (D-WI): Rank 94th in the Senate, $83,501

Finding: 10 of the 13 Jewish senators are in the top 50 in net worth.

(2). U.S. Representatives

-- Jane Harman (D-CA): Rank 2nd in House, $244,796,667
-- (Q) Jared Polis (D-CO) Rank 3rd in House, $158,173,566
-- Alan Grayson (D-FL): Rank 6th in House, $54,451,021
-- Nita M. Lowey (D-NY): Rank 11th in House, $33,835,578
-- Steve Kagen (D-WI): Rank 27th in House, $13,338,542
-- Shelley Berkley (D-NV): Rank 34th in House, $9,942,615
-- John Yarmuth (D-KY): Rank 35th in House, $9,400,004
-- Eric Cantor (R-VA): Rank 68th in House, $3,945,577
-- Steven R. Rothman (D-NJ): Rank 75th in House, $3,805,536
-- Steve Cohen (D-TN): Rank 111th in House, $2,053,033
-- Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-PA): Rank 119th in House, $1,774,020
-- Susan Davis (D-CA): Rank 122nd in House, $1,682,523
-- Brad Sherman (D-CA): Rank 129th in House, $1,582,007
-- Howard Berman (D-CA): Rank 148th in House, $1,367.020
-- John Adler (D-NJ): Rank 152nd in House, $1,339,522
-- Paul W. Hodes (D-NH): Rank 164th in House, $1,100,519
-- Ron Klein (D-FL): Rank 167th in House, $1,043,046
-- (Q) Barney Frank (D-MA): Rank 174th in House, $972,150
-- Henry Waxman (D-CA): Rank 178th in House, $945,512
-- Bob Filner (D-CA): Rank 197th in House, $781,011
-- Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ): Rank 205th in House, $727,017
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-- Adam B. Schiff (D-CA): Rank 233rd in House, $560,508
-- Gary Ackerman (D-NY): Rank 234th in House, $556,006
-- Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL): Rank 302nd in House, $258,501
-- Jan Schakowsky (D-IL): Rank 332nd in House, $181,512
-- Anthony Weiner (D-NY): Rank 370th in House, $83,506
-- Eliot L. Engel (D-NY): Rank 384th in House, $56,502
-- Steve Israel (D-NY): Rank 394th in House, $32,501
-- Jerrold Nadler (D-NY): Rank 420th in House, -$29,000
-- Robert Wexler (D-FL): Rank 426th in House, -$63,499
-- Sander M. Levin (D-MI): Rank 435th in House, -$452,998

Finding: 21 of the 31 Jewish representatives are in the top half of the House in net worth. Overall, Jews in Congress tend to be richer than other members of Congress.

NSM's "America First" March Against Illegal Immigration In Phoenix Proceeds Without Incident; As Many As 100 Patriots Show Up

Other photos of rally posted on this VNN Forum thread

The first media report of the National Socialist Movement's "America First" march against illegal immigration on November 7th, 2009 has been posted by KSAZ Channel 10 in Phoenix. Although KSAZ claimed than only 50 patriots showed up, offset by at least 150 counter-protestors, KSWT Channel 13 and KNXV Channel 15 reported that the number was closer to 100. A large police presence ensured no flare-ups between the groups; there were no arrests. The Arizona Republic has now published a story.

Interviewed by KSAZ was an effeminate-sounding Fernie Ramos, who typified the counter-protestors. Ramos sounded like a stereotypical fruit. In contrast, national socialist spokesman J.T. Ready was articulate and decked out in a suit and tie. NSM member Steven Boswell said, ""We've got completely wide open borders and politicians who will bend over backwards for Mexicans or anyone else who is not American". And to further underscore the significance of this event, NSM Commander Jeff Schoep was there in person.

KSAZ video embedded below:



KNXV news video also embedded below:



KSAZ also published the following statement by the National Socialist Movement:

Statement by National Socialist Movement: This is the first rally in a series to come if our politicians do not meet the following demands:
-- We demand that all foreigners are immediately deported if they did not enter our country legally.
-- We demand that English is adopted as our official language.
-- We demand our children's classrooms no longer cater to a foreign people that refuse to assimilate.
-- We demand our government no longer caters to a foreign people or government that refuses to respect America as a sovereign nation.
-- We demand that our European culture and heritage is respected.
-- We demand all foreign aid is halted and foreign aid laws repealed until a true border and barrier is constructed on our nations borders.
-- We demand that the American people have a chance to vote on foreign aid, then giving approval or denial for American tax dollars to be handed over to foreign nations.

Since this post, anti-racist hate blogger Stephen Lemons of the Phoenix New Times has posted a story about the rally. He reveals that one of the NSM activists driving a rental car collided with a truck at 7th Avenue and Van Buren. The NSM activist was taken away in an ambulance for an injury to his leg, and the truck's driver was arrested for not having I.D. and proof of insurance. Lemons also disclosed that Cliff Herrington was present at the rally.

Read Stormfront discussion thread HERE. More information and links will be posted later when available.

Keeping The "Holocaust Bubble" Inflated: Israeli Study At University Of Haifa Shows Holocaust Jews More Prone To Cancer Than Non-Holocaust Jews

Rarely has a historical event been so meticulously and ruthlessly exploited as the Jewish Holocaust. Nearly 65 years after the last puff of smoke belched forth from the chimney of the last concentration camp in Europe, Israel continues to extort Holocaust reparations from Germany. As documented HERE in July 2007, the German government has already paid out a total of around €64 billion (in euros, which is $88 billion based on the exchange rate prevailing on July 13th, 2007) to Holocaust survivors. However, on page 306 of his book "Jewish Supremacism", Dr. David Duke estimates the total of all Holocaust reparations payments to be at least $150 billion. As existing Holocaust survivors began to die off, Israelis began to insist that the sons and daughters of Holocaust survivors were also "Holocaust victims" in order to keep the Holocaust bubble inflated. Just think - if the dot-com bubble and the housing bubble had been as durable as the Holocaust bubble, all Americans would be millionaires by now.

On November 6th, 2009, CNN reported that an Israeli study performed at the University of Haifa showed that Jewish survivors of World War II who were potentially exposed to the Holocaust were at a higher risk for cancer occurrence later on in life than those not exposed. Also reported by Haaretz, and discussed on Stormfront. Note the use of the word "potentially"; the reason for this word is because data on individual exposures of Holocaust survivors were unavailable, so exposure status was "crafted" from historical data sources of immigration dates for European-born Israeli Jews.

"Crafted"...or "invented"?

The University of Haifa researchers compared the rates of more than 300,000 European Jews who immigrated before or during World War II as the control group and those who left after the war as the exposed group. They further found a gender disparity; men who were possibly exposed to the Holocaust had as much as 3.5 times greater risk of cancer than the non-exposed group. Exposed women had as much as 2.33 times greater risk.

Two of the primary causative factors suggested include mental stress and caloric deprivation. Since Germany was engaged in a war which became transformed into an all-out life-or-death national struggle, the Germans didn't exactly have filet mignon available to feed to the concentration camp inmates. Consequently, many of them ended up subsisting on what we call "table scraps" such as potato peelings; some who escaped even turned to eating clover to survive. Caloric intake was estimated to be a mere 200 to 800 per day during this period. The researchers found that people subjected to intense caloric deprivation, especially at an early age, had greater likelihood of cancer, although similar studies using rhesus monkeys and mice suggest that limiting calories conferred cancer-protecting benefits.

Israeli interest in this issue has existed for over 40 years. In the 1970s, it was first noticed that that Jewish immigrants from Europe had much higher rates of cancer. This led to speculation that the Holocaust may have been a causative factor, and aroused the interest of the Israel National Cancer Registry. According to CNN, a 2003 demographic review estimated that about 1 million Holocaust survivors are living, with half of them in Israel and about 174,000 in the United States.

The study, entitled "Cancer Incidence in Israeli Jewish Survivors of World War II", has been published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI). The full study requires a paid subscription to access; you can read the abstract HERE. You can also read a special editorial, entitled "Cancer Risk From Extreme Stressors: Lessons From European Jewish Survivors of World War II".

Analysis: My concern is not so much the veracity of the study itself, but its potential uses. Will this be used merely to spread awareness to promote tolerance, or will it become a political weapon to be used in keeping the Holocaust bubble inflated by forcing awareness upon a greater number of people, and providing statutory protection of such "awareness" though expansion of Holocaust denial laws? The track record shows the latter to be a distinct possibility. Cases in point:

-- The creation of a worldwide network of Holocaust Museums, 25 in the United States alone.
-- The expansion of the definition of "Holocaust victim".
-- The expansion of Holocaust awareness training down to the kindergarten level in schools.
-- The expansion of Holocaust denial laws worldwide.
-- The continued prosecution of perfectly law-abiding citizens who sole "crime" is to publicly dispute Holocaust dogma.
-- The continuation of the reparations pipeline from Germany to Israel.

Organized Jewry has transformed the Holocaust from a historical event into a full-blown religion, replete with "temples" and an "inerrant theology".

National Socialist Movement To Hold Simultaneous "America First" Rallies In Austin, Minnesota And Phoenix, Arizona On November 7th

It's doubleheader day for the National Socialist Movement on Saturday November 7th, 2009. The NSM will be holding two rallies against illegal immigration simultaneously at different ends of the country.

First, the NSM's Minnesota Unit will be holding an "AMERICA FIRST" rally at the George Washington statue on Main St. in Austin, MN. Contact information listed on the main page of the NSM website. This is a continuation of four months of sustained activism by the NSM in Austin.

But it's the proposed rally in Phoenix, Arizona that's attracted the lion's share of public attention. The NSM proposes to hold an America First rally at the State Capitol building to send a strong message against illegal immigration. After the rally, NSM members and their allies are invited to a social event to be held on private land, featuring live bands (including Enforcer & others to be announced), and including other typical festivities. Most likely this will include a classical swastika lighting.

The Phoenix rally is receiving huge publicity from the local media. Stories have already been published by the Mesa Independent Examiner, KNXV Channel 15, KSAZ Channel 10 (includes two news videos), and KTAR.com. NSM Commander Jeff Schoep told KTAR that the focus of the march is illegal immigration, saying "I think we've progressed as a movement. I'd like to get away from the word `hate' or neo-Nazi and anything of that connotation." Schoep also said he likes the policies of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, but that he is not endorsing the sheriff. He further stated that his group has a strong following around the Valley and that he expects at least 100 of them to turn out for the Phoenix march.

But the most vitriolic criticism directed towards the NSM has come from anti-racist hate blogger Stephen Lemons of the Phoenix New Times, who has literally worked himself up into a manufactured frenzy over the rally and has spewed his venom on numerous posts HERE, HERE, and HERE. But NSM Captain Charles Wilson told Lemons that he and his fellow activists will begin the march on Saturday at 2 P.M. from 12th Avenue and Washington to the Capitol, where they will have their rally. The Phoenix Police Department will be providing an escort to ensure that anti-racist activists can't stir up trouble. On October 23rd, Lemons revealed that organized anti-racists put out the call for antifa to show up on November 7th.

Comments posted to the KNXV Channel 15 story indicate considerable support for the NSM. At least one-third of comments either directly support the NSM, or are sympathetic towards their objective at the rally. Another one-third see no difference in concept between the NSM and other advocacy groups like La Raza and the NAACP. Here's a small sampling of comments:

desertbird - 11/06/2009 9:10 AM
Tell me how I can sign up for the movement. I support equal rights for whites; mexicans and africans are taking over the jobs, welfare, and commit the most crime. Fact.

proudirishman2 - 11/06/2009 3:41 AM
ok yeah they are part of the nsm but i'll be god damned if jessie jackson, al sharpton, and the damn la raza movement can't hold demonstrations and be called heros, but let a white group hold a demonstration and we are called racist i for one am sick and tired of everywhere i go everything is in spanish now billboards are in spanish, hell you can't even order food in english at any fast food restaurants without the ppl that work there looking at you like you've offended them buy not speaking to them in they're native tongue. i for one am sick of the government letting them flood across the border and not doing anything about it, our economy is bad enough and we as a country need to start focusing on on the well being of our citizens, not someone who is only here because they can outrun a border patrol agent or they paid 5 grand to be smuggled into this country.

how is it i was born here but couldn't get on acchess or food stamps when i really needed it, but i'll be god damned if every mexican that couldnt speak a damn word of english that was in that des office got everything they asked for im sick of it and everyone else that is sick of they way this country is bending over backwards for ppl that aren't even here legally need to rise up and start letting the representatives that WE elect that we are tired of being treated like second class citizens in our own country.

Jim Cooney - 11/5/2009 11:39 PM
Me and my organization along with Sheriff Joe and Stormfront are doing what we can to fight the Mexican take over of our country. Newsjunkie you have it right we need to TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!!!

Additional information and discussion posted on Stormfront and Occidental Dissent.