WEALTHIEST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

posted by Christopher Conover

Roll Call, a newspaper covering Capitol Hill, has calculated the 50 richest members of Congress. The paper determined the ranking by adding up the minimum value of each Members total assets and then subtracted the minimum liabilities.

Only one Arizonan made the list, Senator John McCain. He ranks as the 28th richest Member of Congress. According to the report, McCain has $11.35 million in assets and $1 million in liabilities. By Roll Call’s calculation that gives him a value of $10.35 million.

The wealthiest Member of Congress is Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) who has a calculated value of $294.21 million.

NEW FEDERAL DEPORTATION PLAN RANKLES BREWER

posted by Andrea Kelly

The Obama administration's plans to review the cases of accused illegal immigrants scheduled for deportation has Gov. Jan Brewer fuming.

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano said yesterday the department will prioritize deportation for illegal immigrants who are convicted criminals.

Those without criminal records could get to stay in the country indefinitely, according to the Associated Press.

Brewer called the plan amnesty in a news release, and said it will make illegal immigration worse.

"This plan amounts to backdoor amnesty for hundreds of thousands – if not millions – of illegal aliens," she said in the news release. "Especially disturbing is that it comes in the wake of the Obama administration sanctioning the sale of weapons to Mexican drug cartels – even as border states such as Arizona come under threat from those same illicit organizations."

That last part is a jab at the Fast and Furious operation, in which federal agents tried to track Mexican drug cartels purchasing firearms in the U.S. Many of the weapons ended up at crime scenes across the border.