Details from financial disclosure forms filed Wednesday by selected members of California's congressional delegation include Sen. Dianne Feinstein, Sen. Barbara Boxer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Henry Waxman, and Rep. Duncan Hunter, senior Republican, House Armed Services Committee.
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.
Earned income: $165,200.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Blind trust, $1 million to $5 million; Bertram Feinstein trust, of which she's the primary beneficiary, $1 million to $5 million; Deposit account at Bank of America, $50,001-$100,000; Marital trusts of which she's the beneficiary, established by her husband, Richard Blum, chairman of a merchant banking firm, no single value given; Interest with her husband in Carlton Hotel Properties, $5 million to $25 million; Condominium owned with her husband in Hawaii, $1 million to $5 million; Condominium owned with her husband in Tahoe City, $250,000-$500,000.
Major sources of unearned income: Rent from Carlton Hotel, $1 million to $5 million; pension from the city and county of San Francisco, $46,700; Rent from Hawaii condo, $15,001-$50,000; Rent from Tahoe condominium, $15,001-$50,000.
Major liabilities: Her husband's firm has a loan over $1 million from Bank of America.
Gifts: Feinstein got a painting valued at $1,200 by Charlotte Schultz, a crystal bowl valued at $400 from Shirley Nelson, another friend, and a crystal gavel valued at $200 from Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-Calif. Feinstein received permission from the Senate Ethics Committee to accept the gifts; lawmakers must get permission to take gifts worth $50 or more. The committee told her she didn't need to report the gavel from Tauscher because the gift limit doesn't apply to fellow lawmakers.
Narrative: Feinstein's husband Richard Blum, a merchant banker, has investments worth tens of millions of dollars in stocks, partnership, real estate and other assets; her financial disclosure form was some 170 pages, longer by far than most, because of all the investments he had to report.
They included everything from partnerships to invest in Latin America; fitness centers in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana; and investments in Bill Press' syndicated radio program. Press is a political commentator and former head of the California Democratic Party.
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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.
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Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, speaker of the House.
Earned income: $183,500.
Honoraria, all donated to charity: None.
Major assets: Vineyard in St. Helena, Calif., $5 million-$25 million; townhouse in Norden, Calif., $1 million-$5 million; option on San Francisco property, $1 million-$5 million; rental property in Napa, $500,000-$1 million.
Major sources of unearned income: Rent from Napa property, $15,001-$50,000; rental income from vineyard, $50,001-$100,000.
Major liabilities: Mortgage on vineyard, $1 million-$5 million; mortgage on Norden house, $500,001-$1 million; mortgage on rental property in Napa, $250,001-$500,000.
Gifts: None.
Narrative: Pelosi's assets are owned jointly with her husband, Paul. He is an investor who has a long list of his own real estate and stock holdings, many in high-tech firms. Rental income he reported for the year included $100,001-$1 million each for three commercial properties in San Francisco.
Paul Pelosi reported 30 stock sales and purchases last year, often involving sums up to $500,000 or $1 million. They included buying $500,001-$1 million of Apple Computer stock, $500,001-$1 million worth of eBay stock and $15,001-$50,000 worth of Traffic.com stock.
Nancy Pelosi serves as an advisory board member or trustee of a half-dozen organizations including the Women & Politics Institute at American University, the International Women's Democracy Center, the United States Botanic Garden, the Kennedy Center, Lead America and the National Student Leadership Foundation.
For the first time this year, Pelosi also listed her position as chief financial officer and secretary of the Paul & Nancy Pelosi Charitable Foundation, which the couple established to donate their wealth to museums, universities and other organizations. That follows a report in USA Today earlier this year criticizing Pelosi for failing to report that position in the past, as required, which aides said was an oversight.
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Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Los Angeles, 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 took 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, Fla., with the Generic Pharmaceutical Association.
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Rep. Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, 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 Co. 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 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.
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Rep. Jerry Lewis, R-Redlands, 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.
Lewis has been under federal scrutiny over his relationship with lobbyist and former congressman Bill Lowery, who represents a number of cities, towns and businesses in Lewis' district.
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Rep. John Doolittle, R-Rocklin.
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.
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Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Alpine, 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.
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Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, 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.
