A House of millionaires and one billionaire

In the House of Representatives, the richest just got richer, if you consider the minimum $26-M that Manny Pacquiao made from fighting Timothy Bradley Jr. on June 9. (That figure doesn't include Manny's cut from pay-per-view revenues.)

 

Our infographic shows the 10 richest and 10 poorest congressmen based purely on their 2011 Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN), which they submitted in the final months of 2011 and the first several months of 2012. 

 

The richest list is dominated by old money, with much of it inherited from wealthy parents, except for the Pacquiao fortune earned through the school of hard punches, and the Imelda model of wealth accumulation through conjugal dictatorship. 

 

The poorest is comprised mostly of party-list congressmen, which appears to validate a system intended to enable sectoral advocates without campaign treasure chests to become legislators. Below is the complete summary report of filed SALNs for 2011 from the House of Representatives.