Here are summaries of 2006 financial disclosure statements for congressional leaders, chairman and ranking members of major House and Senate committees, presidential candidates and lawmakers facing investigations.
Senate Leaders
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Senate majority leader.
Earned income: $183,500.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: 160 acres in Bullhead City, Ariz., $250,001-$500,000; Nevada land holdings and mining claims, $496,000-$1.39 million; school district, county and state bonds, $830,000-$1.9 million; pension and profit sharing plan, invested in various mutual funds, $561,000-$1.3 million.
Major sources of unearned income: Interest from school district, county and state bonds, $35,026-$80,000.
Major liabilities: Loan from the Harry Reid Ltd. law firm, $50,000-$100,000; credit line from Wells Fargo, $15,000-$50,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Reid has owned portions of more than 200 acres of mining claims in Nevada for years, including old claims around his hometown of Searchlight.
According to aides, Reid changed the method of reporting the values of his land holdings this year, using their assessed value rather than their purchase price. The change increased the reported value of his Nevada mining claims and land holdings from $365,015-$875,000 in 2005, and decreased the reported value of the 160-acre property in Bullhead City, Ariz., near the Nevada-Arizona border, from $500,001-$1 million in 2005.
The assessed value of Reid’s land in Bullhead City is about $280,000, according to county records.
A Los Angeles Times story earlier this year questioned how Reid acquired full control of that property. The story noted that Reid had owned it jointly with a pension fund until 2002 when he paid $10,000 for the equivalent of 60 acres – less than one-tenth the assessed value of the property at the time – and got full control.
The pension fund was controlled by a friend of Reid’s, but Reid aides said the transaction was not a gift.
Reid serves on the board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Holocaust Museum in Washington, and is an advisory board member of the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Senate minority leader.
Earned income: $183,500.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Trust, invested mostly in mutual funds, $315,000-$750,000; Individual retirement account, invested mostly in mutual funds, $77,000-$280,000; Washington, D.C. property, $1 million-$5 million.
Major sources of unearned income: Dividends from trust, $2,500-$5,000; Investment income from trust and individual retirement accounts, $3,900-$9,500; Rent from Washington, D.C.
property, $5,000-$15,000.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: McConnell’s wife, Labor Secretary Elaine Chao – a former nonprofit executive with strong corporate ties – holds most of the family assets. She had investments, mostly in index and mutual funds, totaling $850,000 to $1.9 million, plus retirement accounts valued at $265,000 to $600,000. Chao is also the joint owner of the couple’s Washington, D.C. property, and holds the 15-year mortgage on it, a liability of $100,000-$250,000. McConnell is on the board of directors of the associates at Harvard Business School, and is a member of the visiting committee of the University of Kentucky Law School – both uncompensated posts.
Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Ill., Senate assistant majority leader.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Residence in Springfield, Ill., $350,000; condo in Chicago, $310,000; Thrift saving plans, $306,884.
Major sources of unearned income: Capital gains on IRA account, $4,511; Investment dividends, $4,830.
Major liabilities: Mortgage on Springfield residence, $55,071; Mortgage on Chicago condo, $202,838.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Durbin reports more than is required by law. For more than two decades as a congressman and senator, he has provided the actual value of his assets and liabilities, rather than reporting the values within wide ranges, as required by law. He also releases income tax returns – both federal and state – that he and his wife have filed.
Durbin’s joint 2006 tax returns showed an adjusted gross income of $241,089, including $1,275 in ordinary dividends and $9,897 in capital gains. He claimed a $3,000 deduction for travel expenses as a member of Congress, as he did for the previous year. His wife, Loretta, had earned income of $82,466 as an owner/lobbyist with the firm of Government Affairs Specialists, in Springfield, Ill. The firm does no business with the federal government, specializing instead in lobbying at the state level.
Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., Senate assistant minority leader.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None Major assets: Credit Union account, $100,000-$250,000; 1/10 interest in the La Font Inn in Pascagoula, Miss., more than $1 million; 161 acres of unimproved land in Carroll County, Miss., $15,000-$50,000; half interest in rental real estate in Hattiesburg, Miss., $50,000-$100,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Rent from Hattisburg real estate, $5,000-$15,000.
Major liabilities: Bank of Mississippi loan, $50,000-$100,000; Loan secured by La Font Inn, $100,001-$250,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Northrop Grumman Ship System reimbursed Lott $1,248 for his travel from Jackson to Pascagoula, Miss., and back to speak at a briefing about the Navy’s first amphibious assault ship built with a hybrid propulsion system. The ship was built in Pascagoula by Northrop Grumman.
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio, chairwoman of the House Ethics Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Annuity, $100,001-$250,000; Public employee pension from Ohio, $100,001-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Pension, $50,001-$100,000; annuity interest, $15,001-$50,000.
Major liabilities: Credit card debt, $10,001-$15,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Tubbs Jones listed 13 trips in which she was reimbursed for expenses in 2006, including a January trip to Jamaica sponsored by the Inter-American Economic Council, a January trip to Barbados sponsored by the National Bar Association, and a November trip to Panama sponsored by the Carib News Foundation.
Tubbs Jones, a former prosecutor and judge in Cuyahoga County, participates in a pension plan for public employees in Ohio.
Rep. Richard “Doc” Hastings, R-Wash., senior Republican, House Ethics Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Trust from Columbia Basin Paper and Supply Co., $500,001-$1 million; Individual Retirement Account, $50,001-$100,000; Savings account, $15,001-$50,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Washington state legislative pension, $1,780.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Hastings did not report any privately sponsored trips.
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., chairman, House Financial Services Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Mutual fund investment, $50,001-$100,000.
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority bonds, $15,001-$50,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Capital gains and dividends from mutual fund, $5,001-$15,000.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Frank sold his D.C. residence in June 2006 for $500,001-$1 million. He also sold his 4 percent interest in the Breadline Restaurant in D.C. for $15,001-$50,000. Frank took 17 trips where his travel expenses were paid by outside groups. Most of the trips were for speaking engagements in the U.S. to university audiences, gay political groups and other advocacy groups. Frank met with Vanguard Mutual Fund employees on a June trip to Philadelphia.
Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., senior Republican, House Financial Services Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Rental house in Birmingham, $100,001-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Rental income from Birmingham house, $15,001-$50,000.
Major liabilities: Mortgage on Birmingham rental house, $100,001-$250,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Baucus reported significant assets in his wife’s name, including a Pacific Life annuity worth $250,001-$500,000; a Smith Barney retirement account worth $100,001-$250,000; and an investment in Southwood Properties worth $100,001-$250,000. He reported interest, dividends and capital gains from her Smith Barney retirement account of $15,001-$50,000, and rental income from Southwood Properties of $5,001-$15,000.
Bachus was reimbursed for four domestic trips, including one to St. Louis, paid for by the Burlington Northern Sante Fe railroad company and one to Marietta, Ga., paid for by Alabama Power Co.
Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., chairman, House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Investment account that includes Boeing Co. stock, $1 million-$5 million; Xerox stock, $250,000-$500,000; stock holdings in American Airlines parent company AMR Corp., Eastman Kodak, General Electric Company and Walt Disney Co., each $100,000-$250,000; Pfizer Inc. stock, $50,000-$100,000. Retirement account investment in government reserves, $100,000-$250,000; Retirement account distribution, $100,000-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Boeing Co. stock dividends; $15,001-$50,000; dividends from retirement account, $55,000-$115,000 Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Lantos’s wife, Annette, owns an apartment building in Vancouver, Canada, valued at $500,000-$1 million. She earned rental income of $100,000-$1 million from that asset. She also owns a rental property in Denver, Colo., worth $250,000-$500,000, which brought in rental income of $15,000-$50,000. She has a $250,000-$500,000 mortgage on the Denver property and another mortgage of $100,000-$250,000 on a property in Lowell, Mass.
Lantos sold United Airlines stock last year for between $117,000-$330,000.
He reported just one travel expense covered by an outside source, a five-day visit to Cleveland, Ohio, in which his wife’s airfare and their lodging was paid for by the Cleveland Hungarian Revolution 50th Anniversary Committee. Lantos and his wife are both natives of Hungary.
Lantos received pensions of $14,150 and $15,347 from the state of California.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., senir Republican, House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: $1,600.
Major assets: Bank account, $50,001-$100,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Interest from bank account, $201-$1,000.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Travel costs for Ros-Lehtinen were covered by HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” for two appearances on the show, and by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee for a speech.
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., chairman, House Homeland Security Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Jackson, Miss. property, $100,000-$250,000; Credit Union account, $50,000-$100,000; Mississippi State Retirement Plan, $50,000-$100,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Interest on Credit Union Account, $5,000-$15,000.
Major liabilities: Mortgage on Jackson, Miss. property, $15,000-$50,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Thompson and his wife own several investment properties in Mississippi. He is also president of BLB Properties, a real estate firm in which his office says he holds a “passive interest.” His wife, London, contributes to the couple’s wealth.
The report lists her two annuities, totaling between $65,000 and $150,000; a retirement plan valued at $50,000-$100,000 and an account at Regions Bank in Clinton, Miss., of $50,000-$100,000.
Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, took several trips his office said were mostly related to his work on the panel. The Association of American Railroads took him on an all-expense-paid trip to Ft. Myers, Fla. for two days in January 2006. The following week, the American Association of Airport Executives paid for him and his wife to travel for five days to Kona, Hawaii at a cost of about $9,500. The couple also traveled to Naples, Fla., for three days during Thanksgiving week, courtesy of the American Shipbuilding Association.
Private foundations also flew Thompson to far-flung locales. The Carib News Foundation paid for him and his wife to visit Panama in November 2006, and the Christopher Reynolds Foundation financed a solo five-day trip to Cuba for the congressman just before Christmas.
Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., senior Republican, House Homeland Security Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Bank account held jointly with his wife, $50,000-$100,000.
Major sources of unearned income: None.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Long Island congressman Peter King, who headed the Homeland Security Committee until Republicans lost control of Congress, has one of the shortest financial disclosure forms in Congress this year. It’s three pages long, and lists just two joint bank accounts, and a pension. The third and final page notes he is a board member of the Notre Dame Law Association.
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., senior Republican, Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Tuscaloosa, Ala., apartment complex, $5 million-$25 million; 48 shares of Tuscaloosa Title Co., $1 million-$5 million; Washington, D.C., townhouse, more than $1 million; Tuscaloosa house, more than $1 million; Bank CD’s, $500,001-$1 million.
Major sources of unearned income: Dividends from Tuscaloosa Title Co., $100,001-$1 million; rent from Tuscaloosa apartment complex, $100,001-$1 million.
Major liabilities: Mortgage on Tuscaloosa apartment complex, $1 million-$5 million.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Shelby has amassed substantial wealth in real estate over the years, owning a 124-unit apartment complex, office building and house in his hometown of Tuscaloosa as well as a townhouse in Washington. He has been chairman of the board of Tuscaloosa Title Co. since 1974 and owns a large share of the company.
Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, chairman, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee: Requested an extension to file his disclosure report.
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, senior Republican, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee: Requested an extension to file his disclosure report.
Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M., chairman, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Santa Fe, N.M., property, $500,001-$1 million; investments in technology venture capital fund, $100,001-$250,000; Aircell Inc. preferred stock, $50,001-$100,000; Money market account, $50,001-$100,000; 50 percent interest in two tracts of land in Alamogordo, N.M., $15,001-$50,000 each; investments in Greensboro, N.C.-based Hispanic Internet radio company, Batanga, $15,001-$50,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Rent on Santa Fe property, $5,001-$15,000.
Major liabilities: Mortgage on Santa Fe property, $500,001-$1 million Gifts: None.
Narrative: Most of Bingaman’s reported assets are in the form of investment accounts owned jointly with his wife, Anne. Anne Bingaman also owns several on her own. Her stock holdings are generally valued at $1,001-$15,000 each, and include Conagra Foods Inc., Corning Inc., Entergy Corp., Exxon Mobil and Vulcan Materials Co.
Jeff Bingaman also has interests in Sunflower Ventures, a Denver company that pools investor money and invests in privately held startup companies.
Anne Bingaman owns a promissory note and an ownership interest in the Washington-based teleconferencing company, Soundpath Conferencing Services LLC, which is valued at more than $1 million.
The Bingamans own a Texaco Exploration and Production lease in Lake Davarria, Texas, valued at $1,001-$15,000.
Sen. Pete V. Domenici, senior Republican, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Albuquerque, N.M., properties owned by two family partnerships, $500,001-$1 million and 250,001-$500,000; basement apartment in Washington residence, $100,001-$250,000; banking accounts, $100,001-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Rent on Albuquerque properties, $15,001-$50,000; rent on Washington apartment, $5,001-$15,000; interest on banking accounts, $2,501-$5,000.
Major liabilities: Los Alamos National Bank mortgage on undeveloped land for construction, $500,001-$1 million.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Domenici, a longtime supporter of nuclear power, has a publishing agreement with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Inc. for his book “A Brighter Tomorrow: Fulfilling the Promise of Nuclear Energy.” The royalties on 10 percent of net sales are paid annually, but he did not record any payments last year. He serves on the board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a group that works to prevent the spread of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons.
Domenici also is a partner in two family partnerships, D&V Land Co. and P&N Company LLC and a business partnership, Hamilton-Domenici Properties LLC. The latter purchased Albuquerque land on July 10, 2006, valued at $500,001-$1 million.
In addition, Domenici sold property in Rio Puerco, N.M., on May 9, 2006, for $100,001-$250,000.
Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., chairwoman, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works; chairwoman, Senate Ethics Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: $737.
Major assets: Blind trust with her husband, Stewart, $1 million-$5 million; Senate Federal Credit Union account, $50,000-100,000; Westamerica Bank account, $15,000-$50,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Income from blind trust, $50,000-100,000.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Boxer was paid $737 for an appearance on season six of the HBO series “Curb Your Enthusiasm”; the payment was donated to charity. The episode has not yet aired but features Boxer playing herself in a scene with series creator and star Larry David.
Boxer also made $1,462 from sales of the suspense novel she published in 2005 called “A Time to Run.” The novel, released in paperback last year, is set largely on Capitol Hill and features a diminutive, liberal senator much like Boxer herself.
In past years, Boxer reported a $32,000 advance to write the book, which was published by Chronicle Books.
She was reimbursed last year for travel expenses connected with promotional appearances for the book, but under her publishing agreement approved by the Senate Ethics Committee, she wasn’t required to report the amounts.
A former Marin County supervisor, Boxer received $4,194 in pension payments from the Marin County Employees’ Retirement Association.
Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Okla., senior Republican, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
Earned income: $165,200 Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Joint trust with about three dozen securities, $865,000-$2.4 million; ownership stake in The Padre Company in Tulsa (real estate), $250,001 to 500,000; Washington, D.C., apartment, $100,000-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Rental income from real estate holdings, $20,002-$65,000; dividends from joint trust holdings, $7,622-$28,000.
Major liabilities: Mortgage, Liberty Savings, Enid, Okla., $100,000-$250,000; mortgage, State Bank, Tulsa, $50,000-$100,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Inhofe, a well-quoted skeptic of global warming, owns a number of energy stocks in his revocable trust, including Occidental Petroleum Inc., Suncor Energy Inc. and the ConocoPhillips Co. The senior senator from Oklahoma says in his disclosure form that the firm that manages his investments does not consult with him on the “nature or timing of any transaction.” Much of the Inhofe family wealth comes from his wife, whose assets include an investment with ONB Bank & Trust valued at between $250,000 and $500,000 and inherited real commercial real estate.
Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, senior Republican, Senate Ethics Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: $2,000.
Major assets: Ohio public employees retirement annuity, $250,001-$500,000; Ohio deferred compensation, $100,001-$250,000; Florida condo, $100,001-$250,000; two Ohio state accounts, each worth $50,001-$100,000.
Major sources of unearned income: $50,001-$100,000 from Ohio public employees retirement pension; $15,001-$50,000, capital gains from sale of stock in Research in Motion, maker of the BlackBerry hand-held electronic devices.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Voinovich listed a partial sale on Dec. 28 of Research in Motion stock, worth $15,001-$50,000. His honoraria were for two “Breakfast with the Senator” events from a charity auction for Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital in Cleveland.
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman, Senate Finance Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Stock in Raytheon Co., Telus Corp., and Valero Energy Corp., less than $15,000 each; U.S. Treasury Bonds, $15,001-$50,000; Mineral interest in Sieben Ranch in Montana, less than $1,000.
Major sources of unearned income: None.
Major liabilities: Line of credit with SunTrust Bank, $50,001-$100,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Baucus holds his stocks in a blind trust, where investment decisions are made by an adviser without his input or approval. His trust in 2006 sold stock holdings in 12 companies, including Target Corp., and Archer Daniels Midland Co., for $1,001-$15,000 each. The trust made stock purchases in seven companies worth $1,001-$15,000 each. One stock the trust sold was PetroChina, a Chinese company that has significant ties to Sudan’s government-owned oil industry. The company has come under fire from human rights groups who have encouraged investment companies to divest from it.
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, senior Republican, Senate Finance Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Eight parcels of farmland in Butler County, Iowa, six valued at $250,001-$500,000 each, one at $100,001-$250,000 and one at $50,001-$100,000. More than 50 investments, mainly mutual funds. The six largest were worth $50,001-100,000 each.
Major sources of unearned income: Farm operations, $130,411.
Major liabilities: Farm mortgage, $50,001-$100,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Grassley farms in New Hartford. He reported a net income from farming of $70,346. The farm’s mortgage was paid in full in June 2006.
Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Earned income: $185,700.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: $800.
Major assets: Bank accounts and life insurance policies, $19,000-$110,00; three bank accounts held jointly with his wife, $3,000-$45,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Life insurance dividends, $1,000-$2,500.
Major liabilities: Loan against life insurance policies, $15,001-$50,000; lines of credit, $114,002-$300,000; credit union note, less than $10,000.
Narrative: Biden is seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 2008. His 2006 income included his $165,200 Senate salary and a $20,500 teaching stipend from Widener University, where he has been an adjunct professor in the law school since 1991.
His wife, Jill, teaches at Delaware Technical and Community College, but Biden is not required to report her salary. Jill Biden’s assets, which include money market funds, real estate trusts and a pension fund, are worth $40,000-$250,000.
Biden’s honoraria was for an appearance with comedian Bill Maher. He has a contract to write a book and received $112,000, half of his advance, from publisher Random House in 2005.
Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., senior Republican, Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Earned income: $165,561.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: $6,000.
Major assets: Life insurance, $100,001-$250,000; Cash account, $50,001-$100,000; Lugar Stock Farm in Indianapolis, 168 shares, $50,001-$100,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Capital gains of $4,289 from Lugar Stock Farm.
Major liabilities: Two personal loans against life insurance cash value, $65,002-$150,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Lugar received $361 in book royalties from the AuthorHouse Publishing Co. The government of the former Soviet republic of Georgia provided transportation within Georgia for Lugar to visit troops in training and to view a conventional-weapons storage site. British Petroleum provided transportation for Lugar from Azerbaijan to an oil platform in the Caspian Sea to observe oil recovery and within Georgia to see operations at a pipeline security facility and pipeline pumping station. Lugar serves on the boards of more than a dozen nonprofits, many of them related to international affairs, such as the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington and the Monterey Institute of International Studies’ Center for NonProliferation Studies, based in Monterey, Calif.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., chairman, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: $9,996.
Major assets: Four Kennedy family trust funds, $20 million-$100 million. Blind trust, $1 million-$5 million.
Major sources of unearned income: Earnings from Kennedy family trust funds, $400,004-$4 million. Blind trust earnings, $100,001-$1 million.
Major liabilities: Mortgage on Hyannisport, Mass. property, $1 million-$5 million.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Kennedy received $142,500 in book royalties for “America Back on Track.” The proceeds will go to charity. He also received $50,001-$100,000 in rental income for a home in the Kennedy family compound at Hyannisport, Mass., that was formerly owned by his brother, former President John F. Kennedy. Sen.
Kennedy bought the property three years ago for $3 million from his niece, Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, and her husband. Kennedy’s wife, Victoria Reggie Kennedy, has undeveloped land in Lafayette, La. worth $250,001-$500,000. Kennedy owns a parking space in Boston that he rented for $1,001-$2,500. Kennedy’s honoraria was for monthly appearances on the “Face Off” radio program.
Sen. Michael Enzi, R-Wyo., senior Republican, Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: $2,000.
Major assets: Retirement funds, $100,001-$250,000; Mutual funds, $100,001-$250,000; U.S. Senate Federal Credit Union Account, $50,001-$100,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Retirement income, over $12,000.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Enzi reported, in error, that he had made speeches to George Washington University School of Business and Denver University School of Business, instead of to the National Association of Realtors. In fact, those schools received Enzi’s $2,000 honoraria for the June 14, 2006, speech. His office said he will amend the report. The senator dissolved a blind trust on Dec.
30, 2005, and transferred the money into mutual funds. His yearly retirement income is from Black Hills Corp., an energy company where Enzi worked from 1992-1996.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., chairman, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Earned income: $189,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Mutual fund, $250,001-$500,000; Commercial Metals Co. stock, $100,001-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Interest on mutual fund shares, $5,001-$15,000. Connecticut state pension, $13,203.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Lieberman received $24,000 in trustee’s fees as manager of a family trust. He also listed travel expenses paid by CBS’ “Face the Nation” and CNN’s “Late Edition” for five TV news show appearances. His wife, Hadassah, received $34,000 in fees for speeches to the Jewish Federation of Central Alabama, the Jewish Community Relations Council of Philadelphia and the Junior League of Dayton, Ohio. Lieberman also earned $201-$1,000 income from his share of an apartment complex in Big Flats, N.Y.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, senior Republican, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: $500.
Major assets: Individual retirement accounts, $100,002-$200,000; Senate Federal Credit Union savings account, $15,001-$50,000; Bangor Savings Bank account, $15,001-$50,000; Annuity deferred compensation plan, $15,001-$50,000.
Major sources of unearned income: None.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Collins’ financial disclosure report had to be one of the simplest filed – three pages total.
Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., chairman, House Agriculture Committee.
Earned income: $175,700.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Peterson Fox Inc. common stock , $50,000-$100,000; farm, $15,000-$50,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Peterson Fox Inc. dividends, $1,000-$2,500; farm rent, $1,000-$2,500.
Major liabilities: Peterson Fox Inc. loan, $15,000-$50,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Peterson earned $9,700 in director’s fees from Peterson Fox, Inc., a privately held corporation Peterson owns with a friend, Jerry Fox. He also earned an $800 musician fee from for a fundraiser for Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas.
Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., senior Republican, House Agriculture Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Individual Retirement Account, $50,001-$100,000; Bank certificate of deposit, $50,001-$100,000.
Major sources of unearned income: None.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Goodlatte accepted three sponsor-paid trips, from the National Farmers Union, the Electronic Industries Alliance and the Virginia Telecommunication Industry Association. Goodlatte’s wife, Maryellen, owns seven separate 401(k) accounts, with a combined value of $350,007-$700,000.
Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., chairman, House Appropriations Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Two IRAs, total value, $51,000-$115,000 Major sources of unearned income: None.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Obey went on a trip to Montego Bay, Jamaica, to attend an education reform conference sponsored by the Aspen Institute. In his report, he insisted that an invitation from the group be included, “which makes clear that at their conferences no lobbyists or anyone they represent are either allowed to attend or to finance in any way the conferences involved.”
Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Calif., senior Republican, House Appropriations Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: California Credit union account, $50,001-$100,000; Congressional credit union, $50,001-$100,000; California state legislative retirement account, $100,001-$250,000; Penn Mutual retirement plan, $100,001-$250,000; Money market IRA, $50,001-$100,000; Bank Certificate of Deposit, $50,001-$100,000.
Major sources of unearned income: California state legislative pension, $4,045; Penn Mutual retirement plan, $5,616.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Lewis employs his wife, Arlene M. Willis, as his chief of staff, an arrangement that’s allowed because she was his top aide when he came to Washington in 1979, before they were married. Under House rules, lawmakers cannot hire their spouses in congressional jobs. Lewis was not required to report her 2006 salary but according to House records she now makes nearly $130,000 a year.
Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman, House Armed Services Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Family trust, $100,000-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Trust dividends and interest, $1,001-$2,500.
Major liabilities: Bank note, $15,001-$50,000; personal loan, $10,001-$15,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Skelton received $8,045 from his retirement pension for his six years in the Missouri state Senate. He took one expense-paid trip in 2006. The Panetta Institute for Public Policy paid for him to travel from Kansas City, Mo., to San Francisco and back and for food and lodging at a two-day conference.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., senior Republican, House Armed Services Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Cabin in Warren County, Va., $100,001-$250,000; 18 acres in Warren County, Va., $100,001-$250,000; Quarter-acre lot in Bear Lake, Utah, $1,001-$15,000; North Island Federal Credit Union accounts, $215,000-$550,000; ING Savings account, $15,001-$50,000; Pacific Western Bank account, $100,001-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Interest on bank and credit union accounts, $13,705-$38,500.
Major liabilities: Two car loans, each $15,001-$50,000; Southwest Airlines credit card, $15,001-$50,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Hunter is running for the Republican nomination for president in 2008 and does not plan to seek re-election to Congress. His son Duncan D. Hunter, a Marine reservist recently recalled to active duty and sent to Afghanistan, is running for his seat.
Hunter’s home east of San Diego burned down in 2003 during Southern California wildfires and he has rebuilt it over the past several years. Hunter is now back living in the home and values the property at $500,001-$1 million.
Hunter has been a partner in his Blue Ridge Mountains cabin in Virginia with Army undersecretary and former Democratic U.S. Rep.
Pete Geren of Texas. Although his 2006 form doesn’t reflect this, Hunter aides said he sold the cabin in April of this year.
Hunter is on the board of the American Conservative Union.
Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., chairman, House Education and Labor Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Washington property, $500,001-$1 million; Savings account, $15,001-$50,000, Individual Retirement Account, $15,001-$50,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Rent on Washington property, $15,001-$50,000.
Major liabilities: Mortgage on Washington property, $100,001-$250,000, home equity loan, $1,000-$15,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Miller listed six privately funded trips for 2006, including four to conferences at the Aspen Institute, including sessions on Latin America, Islam and U.S. China relations, and a Machinists’ political education session in March.
Rep. Howard McKeon, R-Calif., senior Republican, House Education and Labor Committee: Requested an extension to file his disclosure report.
Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., chairman, House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Five mutual funds, each $100,001-$250,000; Bank account, $100,001-$250,000; General Electric Co. stock, $50,001-$100,000; Kent Hospital Financial Authority bonds, $50,000-$100,000; Conoco Phillips stock, $15,001-50,000; Bank of America Corp. stock, $15,001-$50,000; Citigroup Inc. stock, $15,001-50,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Mutual fund dividends, $20,002-$65,000.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Dingell’s wife, Debbie, is vice chairman of the General Motors Corp. Foundation. She holds many of the couple’s assets in her name, including General Motors Corp. stock and stock options worth $650,000-$1.35 million. He listed a six-day trip paid for by the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce to Mackinac Island, Mich., with his wife in her capacity as a sponsor.
Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, senior Republican, House Energy and Commerce Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Ennis Business Forms stock, $15,001-$50,000; Reliant Energy stock, $15,001-$50,000; TXU Corp. stock, $15,0001-$50,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Ennis Business Forms dividends, $1,001-$2,500.
Major liabilities: Personal loan, GNB Bank, Ennis, less than $10,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Barton’s wife earns a salary working on his congressional campaign committee. He sold a condominium in College Station, Texas, for $50,000-$100,000.
Silvestre Reyes, D-Texas, chairman, House Intelligence Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Credit union and bank accounts, $16,000-$65,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Interest from credit union account, $201-$1,000.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Reyes became chairman of the House Intelligence Committee after Democrats took control of Congress, making him the only Hispanic to chair a major committee in the House. He continues to serve on the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute board. He took one privately funded trip last year to speak to the Consumer Electronics Association in Las Vegas about high-tech policy issues in Congress. He paid for his own transportation and his wife accompanied him. The association paid his lodging and meals for a total of $762.
Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., senior Republican, House Intelligence Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Washington Mutual stock, $50,001-$100,000; Franklin Utilities stock, $50,001-$100,000; Herman Miller stock, $15,001-$50,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Washington Mutual stock dividends and capital gains, $2,501-$5,000; Franklin Utilities dividends and capital gains, $2,500-$5,000.
Major liabilities: Macatawa Bank, equity line of credit, $50,001-$100,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Hoekstra’s portfolio includes holdings in Herman Miller, an office furniture company where he worked as an executive; Gentex, an automotive and fire protection company; Pacific Ethanol and Franklin Templeton. Hoekstra sold shares in Microsoft, Southwest Airlines and Gentex during the year. Hoekstra reported sponsor-paid trips from ABC News to travel from his home of Holland, Mich., to Washington in January and a trip to Milliken University in Pontiac, Ill., in April. Hoekstra is a board member of Compass Film Academy in Grand Rapids and the Holland Christian Schools Foundation.
Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., chairman, House Judiciary Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: None.
Major sources of unearned income: None.
Major liabilities: Overdraft reserve from the Congressional Federal Credit Union, $10,001-$15,000; unsecured loan from Sallie Mae, $10,001-$15,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Although Conyers reported no assets, his spouse, Detroit City Councilwoman Monica Conyers, listed investment property in Detroit valued at $15,001-$50,000. Conyers reported 11 sponsor-paid trips. They included four trips to New York for events with the New Democracy Project, Harpers Magazine, Health Care Now and Physicians for National Health Care. He also took two trips to Chicago for events with the Rainbow Push Coalition and the N’Digo Foundation, traveled to San Diego for the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, took a trip to Los Angeles for the Coalition to Promote Minority Health and traveled to Philadelphia for the American Political Science Association.
Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, senior Republican, House Judiciary Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Ownership interest in Premont, Texas, ranch, $1 million-$5 million; Massachusetts rental property, $250,001-$500,000; Bank of America stock, $250,001-$500,000.
Major sources of unearned income: royalties/rent/surface lease on Texas ranch, $50,001-$100,000; Bank of America dividends, $15,001-$50,000; rent from Massachusetts property, $5,001-$15,000.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Smith reported earnings by his wife as a Christian Science practitioner and lecturer.
Rep. Nick Rahall II, D-W.Va., chairman, House Natural Resources Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Wachovia Securities account, $1 million-$5 million; Nick Rahall charitable trust, $500,001-$1 million, Morgan Stanley Access account, $250,001-$500,000; 10 acres of land, Castle Hayne, N.C., $250,001-$500,000; Individual Retirement Account, $100,001-$250,000; interest in a development company partnership, $100,001-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Dividends, interest and capital gains on securities account, $50,001-$100,000.
Major liabilities: Mortgage on North Carolina property; $250,001-$500,000; cash advances and credit card charges, $45,003-$150,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Rahall took two sponsor-paid trips from the National Motor Freight Traffic Association. The Morgan Stanley account made $500,001-$1 million in stock sales and purchases; the Wachovia Securities account made $250,001-$500,000 in stock sales and purchases.
Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, senior Republican, House Natural Resources Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Stock mutual fund, $100,001-$250,000; Credit Union Individual Retirement Account, $50,001-$100,000; Life Insurance, $50,001-$100,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Dividends on mutual Fund, $2,501-$5,000.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Young is a member of the board of directors of the National Rifle Association. He also received $4,724 from an Alaska state pension.
Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: $20,000.
Major assets: Real Estate Investment Trust mutual fund Individual Retirement Account, $250,001, $500,000; Stock index mutual fund, $250,001-$500,000; three other mutual funds, each $100,000-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Dividends and interest from REIT fund, $15,001-$50,000.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Waxman and his wife, Janet, have extensive holdings in Vanguard and Fidelity mutual funds, much of it in retirement accounts. He and his wife also own up to $100,000 in Israel bonds.
Waxman too five privately funded trips last year. Three were paid for by the Aspen Institute Congressional Program: to Montego Bay, Jamaica in February; to Istanbul in May and June; and to Poland in August. In each case he took a family member along, and on the Poland trip he reported spending six additional days not at the sponsor’s expense. He also went to Tel Aviv paid for by the World Jewish Congress American Section and to Boca Raton with the Generic Pharmaceutical Association.
Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., senior Republican, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Property partnership in Virginia Beach, $100,001-$250,000; more than 30 investments, mainly mutual funds and certificates of deposit, the largest a CD worth $100,001-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Interest and dividends from investments, none more than $5,000.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Davis listed four trips in which he was reimbursed for expenses, including two to Las Vegas, one sponsored by the Consumer Electronic Association, and one by the National Association of Letter Carriers.
Rep. Bart Gordon, D-Tenn., chairman, House Science and Technology Committee: Requested an extension to file his financial disclosure report.
Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, senior Republican, House Science and Technology Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Crowley Holding Co. stock, $500,001-$1 million; Lakeside Bancshares Inc. stock, $500,001-$1 million; Rockwall residence, $500,0001-$1 million; 152 acres Texas farmland, $100,001-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Dividends, Lakeside Bancshares Inc., $50,001-$100,000; Crowley Holding Co. dividends, $15,001 -$50,000; state legislative pension, $65,748.
Major liabilities: Business loan from Rockwall bank, $100,001-$250,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Hall, who switched parties in 2004 after Texas redistricting, earned about $10,000 more from his pension in 2006 than the previous year. He also earned more dividends in 2006. His wife owns 22 acres in Texas valued at $100,001-$250,000.
Rep. James Oberstar, D-Minn., chairman, House Transportation Committee.
Earned income: $165,200 Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Bank accounts, $115,000-$300,000 Major sources of unearned income: Interest on bank account, $2,700-$6,000.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Oberstar sold stock in Sirius Satellite Radio and Lucent Technologies, and bought stock in Cepheid Inc.
Rep. John L. Mica, R-Fla., senior Republican, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Personal residence, Cocoa Beach, Fla., $250,000-$400,000; residence, Winter Park, Fla., $500,000-$1 million; two lots in Blowing Rock, N.C., $500,000-$1 million; Bank accounts, $550,000-$1.1 million; annuity, $100,000-$250,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Rental fees on investment properties and interest on accounts.
Major liabilities: Mortgage on rental property in Maitland, Fla., $15,000-$50,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Mica reported no gifts, no outside travel and no speaking fees.
Rep. Charles Rangel. D-N.Y., chairman, House Ways and Means Committee: Requested an extension to file his financial disclosure report.
Rep. Jim McCrery, R-La., senior Republican, House Ways and Means Committee.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: $2,000.
Major assets: One-sixth interest in 62 acres of land in Rapides Parish, La., $15,001-$50,000; Investment account, $15,001-$50,000.
Major sources of unearned income: None.
Major liabilities: None.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: The Quadrangle Group LLC, a private investment firm specializing in media and communications companies, paid McCrery’ expenses to attend its Foursquare conference in New York.
House Members Under Investigation
Rep. William Jefferson, D-La.
Earned income: $165,200 Honoraria, all donated to charity: None Major assets: 60 acres in Lake Providence, La., $100,000-$200,000; bank certificate of deposit, $50,000-$100,000; Loan of $100,000-$250,000 to “Jefferson Interests.” Major sources of unearned income: Rent from Lake Providence land, $3,502-7,500.
Major liabilities: Loans from Noah Samara, chairman and CEO of Worldspace Satellite Radio, $50,000-$100,000; loans from Dryades Bank and Liberty Bank, both of New Orleans, $15,000-$50,000; Installment owed to Robert L. Johnson of Washington, D.C., $100,000-$250,000.
Gifts: Jefferson lists $56,250 in gifts to his legal expenses trust fund but did not identify the donors.
Narrative: A federal grand jury indicted Jefferson earlier this month on 16 counts of racketeering, soliciting bribes, wire fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice and conspiracy. He is accused of receiving more than $500,000 in bribes and seeking millions more in nearly a dozen separate schemes to enrich himself by using his office to broker business deals in Africa. Jefferson, who faces a possible maximum sentence of 235 years, has pleaded innocent to the charges.
In his disclosure report, Jefferson said he accepted two privately funded trips last year, one to Qatar in April paid by the Islamic Free Market Institute and the Qatar Chamber of Commerce.
The other was to Tunica, Miss., from Aug. 10-14 paid for jointly by the Jefferson Committee, the Congressional Black Caucus Institute and Jefferson himself.
Rep. Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va.
Earned income: $165,200 Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Part ownership in Washington property firm Remington Inc., $1 million-$5 million; Washington, D.C. rental property, $250,001-$500,000; Part ownership of MNM Holdings, which owns West Virginia real estate, $250,001-$500,000; Part ownership in company that owns the Ramada Inn in Morgantown, $100,001-$250,000; House with adjacent lot in Canaan Valley, W.
Va., $500,001-$1 million; Real estate on Bald Head Island, N.C., $1 million-$5 million.
Major sources of unearned income: Capital gains from the sale of condominium in Southport, N.C., $100,001-$1 million; rent and capital gains from sale of real estate on Bald Head Island, N.C., $200,002-$2 million; capital gains on sale of real estate in Canaan Valley, W. Va., $100,001-$1 million.
Major liabilities: Mortgages on Bald Head Island, N.C. properties; $600,002-$1,25 million; Mortgage on apartment units of Remington Inc., $1 million-$5 million.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Mollohan and his wife Barbara each own a 25 percent share in Remington Inc., a Washington-based real estate firm. They own or share property in West Virginia, Washington and North Carolina.
Mollohan, formerly the top Democrat on the House ethics committee, has acknowledged in the past that he filed inaccurate financial statements and asked the House Clerk’s office to correct or amend more than a dozen items on his reports dating back to 2000. The Justice Department also is investigating whether he has benefited from directing federal funds to nonprofit groups he helped start.
Rep. John Doolittle, R-Calif.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: California Legislative Retirement System, $50,001-$100,000; Time Warner, Inc. stock, $15,001-$50,000. Stocks of about a dozen other companies including Microsoft and Krispy Kreme, mostly valued between $1,001-$15,000 each.
Major sources of unearned income: Chevron royalties, $5,001-$15,000; Time Warner dividends, $201-$1,000.
Major liabilities: Revolving charge account at Chase Bank USA, $15,001-$50,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Doolittle is under investigation in the influence-peddling scandal surrounding jailed GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff. He resigned his post on the powerful Appropriations Committee in April after FBI agents raided his Virginia home looking for information about a fundraising business run there by his wife, Julie.
Julie Doolittle’s company, Sierra Dominion Financial Services, Inc., had done work for Abramoff and for Doolittle’s campaigns, an arrangement that cost him support as he narrowly won re-election last year. Doolittle lists Sierra Dominion on his disclosure form but is not required to give any details about his wife’s income or clients.
Doolittle denies wrongdoing in the Abramoff case and has vowed to fight any charges. However, his financial disclosure form suggests he doesn’t have the personal wealth of some lawmakers to sustain a protracted legal battle.
Doolittle was once a member of the House Republican Leadership and ally to former Majority Leader Tom DeLay, and in 2005 he traveled to destinations including Seoul and Kuala Lumpur with outside groups paying, including some with ties to DeLay. Last year Doolittle took just one trip, and it was hardly glamorous: he reported going to Baltimore for three days at the expense of the Heritage Foundation.
