These 8 senators each made more than $100,000 last year from writing books

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Sen. Ted Cruz
Sen. Ted Cruz, seen here holding up a book at a hearing, is set to make a total of $1.1 million for writing two books.

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Kari Lake keeps making money off of her MAGA celebrity brand

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Arizona GOP Senate Candidate Kari Lake at an event in Washington, DC last month.
Kari Lake, the GOP's likely Senate nominee in Arizona, was paid $20,000 to speak at an Indiana GOP event in April.

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FEC lets Peter Thiel-funded super PAC off the hook

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Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and tech billionaire Peter Thiel.
A super PAC funded primarily by Peter Thiel had been accused of illegally contributing to Sen. JD Vance's campaign.

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Sen. Josh Hawley is writing a new book calling for a religious revival in America

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Sen. Josh Hawley at a hearing on Capitol Hill is writing a fourth book
Sen. Josh Hawley is writing a fourth book. This one calls for a religious revival in America.

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Retiring lawmakers are once again complaining that their $174,000 salary is too low

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Former Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado
Former Rep. Ken Buck said if he were still in office, his voters would "go ballistic" if he said $174,000 wasn't enough for members of Congress to live on.

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Trump to GOP campaigns: If you use my name to raise money, I want a 5% cut

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Trump in New York City on Tuesday.
Trump in New York City on Tuesday.

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Lauren Boebert's fundraising took a huge plunge after she switched districts

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Rep. Lauren Boebert at the Capitol in February.
Rep. Lauren Boebert at the Capitol in February.

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All of a sudden, Ted Cruz really doesn't want to talk about his podcast

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U.S. Senator Ted Cruz frowning.

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It pays to leave Congress: Democrat who resigned mid-term is getting a $131,000 pay bump to run a performing arts center

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Former Rep. Brian Higgins at an event in Buffalo, New York in 2022.
Former Rep. Brian Higgins resigned from Congress two months ago after accepting a job as the president of a local performing arts center.

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How corporate PAC money could end up in the personal coffers of Sens. JD Vance and Markwayne Mullin

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Republican Sens. JD Vance of Ohio and Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma
Sens. JD Vance and Markwayne Mullin have been paying off personal loans to their campaigns at the same time that they're accepting corporate PAC dollars.

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