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Wealth gap widens between US Congress and constituents (Congress median wealth $750,000; constituents $20,500)

by Peter Whoriskey

BUTLER, Pa. — One day after his shift at the steel mill, Gary Myers drove home in his 10-year-old Pontiac and told his wife he was going to run for Congress.

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