CNBC:  “Despite a long and deep recession, the collective personal wealth of congressional members increased by more than 16 percent between 2008 and 2009. . . . a significant number of members owned shares of major players in the health-care and financial-services sectors, which were the subject of major reform legislation during the period.”

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