Texans on List of Richest, Poorest in Congress

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, is the second-richest member of Congress in 2015, according to a new list released by Roll Call. 

McCaul, whose wife's father was the founder of Clear Channel Communications, has been a regular at the top of the yearly list. He is joined in the top 50 by fellow Texas Congressmen Roger Williams, R-Austin, Kenny Marchant, R-Coppell, and Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin.

On the other side, U.S. Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, D-Edinburg, was named one of Congress' poorest members.

Each year, Roll Call's reporters scour each member's financial disclosure forms to determine the "Wealth of Congress." 

Here's a look at what it found for the Texans on the richest and poorest lists. For more on Roll Call's Wealth of Congress list, read the paper's full article. 

The Richest 

The Poorest 

#536 U.S. Rep. Ruben Hinojosa, D-Edinburg

Net Worth: -$900,000

How he got there: Roll Call writes that "a massive arbitration award exceeding $1 million against Hinojosa from a failed food business — along with tens of thousands of dollars of unpaid tax bills for that business" put Hinojosa as the sixth-poorest member.